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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Later repair of finger extensor tendon with a tendon graft

CPT 26428the billing code this page is about

Delayed surgical repair of the central extensor tendon band over a finger joint using a tendon graft taken from elsewhere in the body; billed once for each finger.

Hospitals typically charge $3,257 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 261 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,852. Most fall between $1,298 and $4,881 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
261
States
40
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 261 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
$803$1,371$3,257$4,091$7,969

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($803 vs $7,969).

How the prices are spread

$579 – $752: 15 hospitals$579$752 – $978: 7 hospitals$978 – $1,271: 12 hospitals$978$1,271 – $1,652: 34 hospitals$1,652 – $2,147: 31 hospitals$1,652$2,147 – $2,791: 9 hospitals$2,791 – $3,628: 40 hospitals$2,791$3,628 – $4,716: 47 hospitals$4,716 – $6,130: 19 hospitals$4,716$6,130 – $7,969: 25 hospitals$6,130median $3,257price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (239 of 261 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$579$75215
$752$9787
$978$1,27112
$1,271$1,65234
$1,652$2,14731
$2,147$2,7919
$2,791$3,62840
$3,628$4,71647
$4,716$6,13019
$6,130$7,96925

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$3,257
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.97×

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 $3,257.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,504 across 11 hospitalsIL$1,504Wisconsin: median $4,039 across 10 hospitalsWI$4,039Michigan: median $2,326 across 13 hospitalsMI$2,326New York: median $3,840 across 21 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,886 across 14 hospitalsIA$1,886Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $1,924 across 11 hospitalsOH$1,924Pennsylvania: median $597 across 17 hospitalsPA$597New Jersey: median $3,986 across 23 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,969 across 23 hospitalsCA$7,969Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,298 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,298Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $3,341 across 20 hospitalsTX$3,341Florida: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,257. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA23$7,969+145%$7,969 – $7,969
Wisconsin WI10$4,039+24%$2,381 – $4,039
New Jersey NJ23$3,986+22%$3,591 – $5,419
New York NY21$3,840+18%$3,343 – $3,884
Texas TX20$3,341+3%$2,515 – $3,341
Michigan MI13$2,326−29%$1,039 – $4,499
Ohio OH11$1,924−41%$1,248 – $1,924
Iowa IA14$1,886−42%$1,886 – $1,886
Illinois IL11$1,504−54%$579 – $1,913
Oklahoma OK12$1,298−60%$1,298 – $1,298
Pennsylvania PA17$597−82%$487 – $5,486
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $3,257.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care221$3,193$1,298 – $4,881
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access34$3,475$1,478 – $5,814
Ownership
For-profit30$3,181$700 – $5,960
Government31$2,324$1,443 – $3,840
Non-profit200$3,341$1,298 – $4,881
System affiliation
Part of a system215$3,341$1,298 – $5,038
Independent46$2,324$1,248 – $4,265

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,826
Median cash price$3,257
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. 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

150 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,071 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,349; most fall between $1,298 and $5,038.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 150 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
$893$1,303$2,071$3,524$7,969

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($893 vs $7,969).

Of the 159 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 150 gave a usable cash price; 7 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

261 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 289 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted261
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here24
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code289

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 Rpr Xtnsr Tdn Cntrl Slip Sec W/Fr Grft Ea Finger.

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, “Later repair of finger extensor tendon with a tendon graft (CPT 26428) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26428-later-repair-of-finger-extensor-tendon-with-a-tendon-graft