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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Release of a tendon sheath in the finger for trigger finger

CPT 26055the billing code this page is about

Cutting of the tight band over a finger tendon so the tendon can glide freely, commonly done for trigger finger.

Hospitals typically charge $1,773 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,431 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,980. Most fall between $847 and $3,841 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,431
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,431 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$598$971$1,773$3,380$5,110

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($598 vs $5,110).

How the prices are spread

$431 – $577: 64 hospitals$431$577 – $772: 120 hospitals$772 – $1,033: 141 hospitals$772$1,033 – $1,383: 155 hospitals$1,383 – $1,851: 180 hospitals$1,383$1,851 – $2,477: 178 hospitals$2,477 – $3,315: 153 hospitals$2,477$3,315 – $4,436: 149 hospitals$4,436 – $5,937: 109 hospitals$4,436$5,937 – $7,945: 40 hospitals$5,937median $1,773price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,289 of 1,431 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$431$57764
$577$772120
$772$1,033141
$1,033$1,383155
$1,383$1,851180
$1,851$2,477178
$2,477$3,315153
$3,315$4,436149
$4,436$5,937109
$5,937$7,94540

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,773
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.08×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,773.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,067 across 11 hospitalsME$1,067Vermont: median $1,003 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,003New Hampshire: median $534 across 13 hospitalsNH$534Washington: median $1,527 across 48 hospitalsWA$1,527Idaho: median $1,445 across 20 hospitalsID$1,445Montana: median $692 across 16 hospitalsMT$692North Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,318 across 55 hospitalsMN$1,318Illinois: median $1,294 across 52 hospitalsIL$1,294Wisconsin: median $1,754 across 62 hospitalsWI$1,754Michigan: median $1,198 across 55 hospitalsMI$1,198New York: median $1,894 across 76 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: median $4,047 across 29 hospitalsMA$4,047Oregon: median $1,071 across 35 hospitalsOR$1,071Nevada: median $1,749 across 11 hospitalsNV$1,749Wyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,673 across 12 hospitalsSD$1,673Iowa: median $1,334 across 64 hospitalsIA$1,334Indiana: median $2,394 across 34 hospitalsIN$2,394Ohio: median $2,852 across 70 hospitalsOH$2,852Pennsylvania: median $1,900 across 53 hospitalsPA$1,900New Jersey: median $2,080 across 38 hospitalsNJ$2,080Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,073 across 75 hospitalsCA$3,073Utah: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,600 across 26 hospitalsCO$1,600Nebraska: median $1,446 across 41 hospitalsNE$1,446Missouri: median $1,721 across 37 hospitalsMO$1,721Kentucky: median $661 across 20 hospitalsKY$661West Virginia: median $969 across 25 hospitalsWV$969Virginia: median $1,508 across 40 hospitalsVA$1,508Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,549 across 15 hospitalsAZ$2,549New Mexico: median $1,952 across 10 hospitalsNM$1,952Kansas: median $880 across 39 hospitalsKS$880Arkansas: median $1,570 across 15 hospitalsAR$1,570Tennessee: median $2,809 across 22 hospitalsTN$2,809North Carolina: median $3,690 across 29 hospitalsNC$3,690South Carolina: median $2,530 across 25 hospitalsSC$2,530Oklahoma: median $693 across 20 hospitalsOK$693Louisiana: median $1,638 across 22 hospitalsLA$1,638Mississippi: median $1,200 across 21 hospitalsMS$1,200Alabama: median $1,569 across 19 hospitalsAL$1,569Georgia: median $3,194 across 22 hospitalsGA$3,194Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,415 across 63 hospitalsTX$2,415Florida: median $2,357 across 28 hospitalsFL$2,357
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,773. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA29$4,047+128%$2,067 – $5,085
North Carolina NC29$3,690+108%$1,021 – $3,843
Georgia GA22$3,194+80%$1,649 – $4,455
California CA75$3,073+73%$1,024 – $3,097
Ohio OH70$2,852+61%$1,513 – $5,386
Tennessee TN22$2,809+58%$851 – $3,913
Arizona AZ15$2,549+44%$686 – $7,217
South Carolina SC25$2,530+43%$873 – $2,877
Texas TX63$2,415+36%$1,347 – $3,604
Indiana IN34$2,394+35%$601 – $4,476
Florida FL28$2,357+33%$1,606 – $5,916
New Jersey NJ38$2,080+17%$1,771 – $5,110
New Mexico NM10$1,952+10%$465 – $8,162
Pennsylvania PA53$1,900+7%$388 – $4,866
New York NY76$1,894+7%$920 – $4,595
Wisconsin WI62$1,754−1%$1,506 – $2,526
Nevada NV11$1,749−1%$1,050 – $2,249
Missouri MO37$1,721−3%$793 – $4,028
South Dakota SD12$1,673−6%$1,586 – $2,248
Louisiana LA22$1,638−8%$1,034 – $2,649
Colorado CO26$1,600−10%$962 – $4,181
Arkansas AR15$1,570−11%$546 – $2,385
Alabama AL19$1,569−12%$1,178 – $6,942
Washington WA48$1,527−14%$994 – $3,666
Virginia VA40$1,508−15%$983 – $4,138
Nebraska NE41$1,446−18%$796 – $2,401
Idaho ID20$1,445−18%$629 – $3,644
Iowa IA64$1,334−25%$893 – $1,868
Minnesota MN55$1,318−26%$756 – $2,407
Illinois IL52$1,294−27%$643 – $3,260
Mississippi MS21$1,200−32%$939 – $5,523
Michigan MI55$1,198−32%$504 – $2,211
Oregon OR35$1,071−40%$631 – $1,638
Maine ME11$1,067−40%$681 – $1,765
Vermont VT10$1,003−43%$441 – $2,251
West Virginia WV25$969−45%$618 – $2,054
Kansas KS39$880−50%$667 – $1,890
Oklahoma OK20$693−61%$693 – $4,017
Montana MT16$692−61%$454 – $1,349
Kentucky KY20$661−63%$529 – $3,108
New Hampshire NH13$534−70%$196 – $1,092
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,773.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care982$2,146$983 – $4,350
Children’s26$2,571$1,125 – $6,294
Critical access421$1,213$666 – $2,273
Ownership
For-profit159$2,836$974 – $6,080
Government293$1,408$728 – $2,695
Non-profit977$1,850$873 – $3,962
System affiliation
Part of a system1,106$2,000$920 – $4,123
Independent325$1,366$671 – $2,551

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,833
Median cash price$1,773
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

786 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,771 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,887; most fall between $757 and $3,410.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 786 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$529$921$1,771$3,097$4,268

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($529 vs $4,268).

Of the 861 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 786 gave a usable cash price; 31 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 44 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,431 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (36%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,562 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,431
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here69
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded10
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded51
Hospitals that filed this code1,562

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tendon Sheath Incision.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Release of a tendon sheath in the finger for trigger finger (CPT 26055) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26055-release-of-a-tendon-sheath-in-the-finger-for-trigger-finger