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Surgical Lengthening of a Hand or Finger Bone

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 26568

This procedure surgically lengthens a bone in the hand or a finger that is abnormally short, often due to a condition present from birth. The surgeon cuts the bone and increases its length, sometimes adding a bone graft or a lengthening device, to improve the hand's appearance and function.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Lengthening of a Hand or Finger Bone cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$912$832 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$1,122 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $933 to $9,550Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,951
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $912

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in California than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

New Mexico· 50th of 51

$977

CA $5,012DE $955

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.