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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Removal of tight palm tissue with release of one finger

CPT 26123the billing code this page is about

Partial removal of thickened palm fascia together with release of one contracted finger, including its middle joint; covers the first finger treated.

Hospitals typically charge $3,148 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 805 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,445. Most fall between $1,568 and $6,272 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
805
States
48
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 805 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
$1,197$1,784$3,148$5,855$9,309

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,197 vs $9,309).

How the prices are spread

$912 – $1,185: 39 hospitals$912$1,185 – $1,540: 78 hospitals$1,540 – $2,002: 92 hospitals$1,540$2,002 – $2,601: 94 hospitals$2,601 – $3,381: 76 hospitals$2,601$3,381 – $4,394: 93 hospitals$4,394 – $5,710: 88 hospitals$4,394$5,710 – $7,421: 82 hospitals$7,421 – $9,644: 51 hospitals$7,421$9,644 – $12,533: 33 hospitals$9,644median $3,148price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (726 of 805 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$912$1,18539
$1,185$1,54078
$1,540$2,00292
$2,002$2,60194
$2,601$3,38176
$3,381$4,39493
$4,394$5,71088
$5,710$7,42182
$7,421$9,64451
$9,644$12,53333

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$3,148
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.94×

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 $3,148.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,703 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,703New Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,270 across 22 hospitalsWA$3,270Idaho: median $6,040 across 17 hospitalsID$6,040Montana: median $1,747 across 12 hospitalsMT$1,747North Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,144 across 35 hospitalsMN$3,144Illinois: median $1,838 across 27 hospitalsIL$1,838Wisconsin: median $4,824 across 35 hospitalsWI$4,824Michigan: median $1,833 across 41 hospitalsMI$1,833New York: median $3,840 across 55 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: median $6,492 across 11 hospitalsMA$6,492Oregon: median $2,478 across 21 hospitalsOR$2,478Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,056 across 42 hospitalsIA$2,056Indiana: median $2,138 across 18 hospitalsIN$2,138Ohio: median $3,815 across 23 hospitalsOH$3,815Pennsylvania: median $2,382 across 27 hospitalsPA$2,382New Jersey: median $3,986 across 32 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,464 across 58 hospitalsCA$2,464Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $2,486 across 13 hospitalsCO$2,486Nebraska: median $2,580 across 18 hospitalsNE$2,580Missouri: median $2,297 across 20 hospitalsMO$2,297Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $3,472 across 15 hospitalsWV$3,472Virginia: median $1,857 across 12 hospitalsVA$1,857Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,015 across 12 hospitalsAZ$4,015New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,835 across 21 hospitalsKS$1,835Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $3,627 across 13 hospitalsTN$3,627North Carolina: median $3,247 across 10 hospitalsNC$3,247South Carolina: median $3,012 across 11 hospitalsSC$3,012Oklahoma: median $1,760 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,760Louisiana: median $3,002 across 13 hospitalsLA$3,002Mississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $4,335 across 11 hospitalsAL$4,335Georgia: median $9,791 across 11 hospitalsGA$9,791Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,014 across 35 hospitalsTX$5,014Florida: median $6,122 across 18 hospitalsFL$6,122
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,148. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA11$9,791+211%$3,224 – $9,791
Massachusetts MA11$6,492+106%$2,728 – $8,235
Florida FL18$6,122+94%$3,257 – $6,122
Idaho ID17$6,040+92%$2,421 – $6,877
Texas TX35$5,014+59%$2,653 – $6,273
Wisconsin WI35$4,824+53%$3,175 – $5,304
Alabama AL11$4,335+38%$2,354 – $8,914
Arizona AZ12$4,015+28%$3,038 – $17,525
New Jersey NJ32$3,986+27%$3,591 – $5,110
New York NY55$3,840+22%$1,427 – $4,595
Ohio OH23$3,815+21%$2,141 – $14,811
Tennessee TN13$3,627+15%$778 – $5,840
West Virginia WV15$3,472+10%$2,075 – $4,101
Washington WA22$3,270+4%$1,951 – $6,052
North Carolina NC10$3,247+3%$1,391 – $7,055
Minnesota MN35$3,1440%$1,952 – $5,177
South Carolina SC11$3,012−4%$1,926 – $9,690
Louisiana LA13$3,002−5%$2,143 – $5,299
Nebraska NE18$2,580−18%$2,035 – $3,200
Colorado CO13$2,486−21%$1,521 – $6,459
Oregon OR21$2,478−21%$1,568 – $2,798
California CA58$2,464−22%$1,472 – $6,272
Pennsylvania PA27$2,382−24%$352 – $6,002
Missouri MO20$2,297−27%$1,208 – $7,728
Indiana IN18$2,138−32%$1,112 – $13,090
Iowa IA42$2,056−35%$1,842 – $2,465
Virginia VA12$1,857−41%$562 – $10,055
Illinois IL27$1,838−42%$1,112 – $4,300
Kansas KS21$1,835−42%$1,338 – $3,082
Michigan MI41$1,833−42%$1,582 – $4,824
Oklahoma OK14$1,760−44%$1,760 – $6,612
Montana MT12$1,747−45%$1,281 – $2,584
Vermont VT10$1,703−46%$1,162 – $2,937
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $3,148.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care577$3,794$1,582 – $7,055
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access222$2,453$1,442 – $4,824
Ownership
For-profit93$4,628$2,141 – $8,492
Government152$2,441$1,599 – $4,335
Non-profit560$3,343$1,472 – $6,272
System affiliation
Part of a system612$3,591$1,644 – $6,454
Independent193$2,552$1,427 – $5,910

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,074
Median cash price$3,148
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. 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

399 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,433 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,950; most fall between $1,355 and $6,052.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 399 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
$1,003$1,472$2,433$5,177$7,463

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,003 vs $7,463).

Of the 444 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 399 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

805 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 890 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted805
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here52
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded24
Hospitals that filed this code890

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 Fasct Prtl Palmar 1 Dgt Prox Iphal Jt W/WO Rpr.

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, “Removal of tight palm tissue with release of one finger (CPT 26123) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26123-removal-of-tight-palm-tissue-with-release-of-one-finger