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Surgical Lengthening of a Hand or Finger Bone

South Carolina 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $8,318 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 6 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$1,047$912 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,318$1,585 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,660
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $8,318professional $1,047

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
$1,071.52
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$1,072

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.