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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Freeing of a scarred flexor tendon in palm and finger

CPT 26442the billing code this page is about

Surgery to release scar tissue binding a flexor tendon across both the palm and the finger so it can glide again; billed once for each tendon treated.

Hospitals typically charge $3,008 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 382 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,962. Most fall between $1,613 and $4,637 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
382
States
44
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 382 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
$917$1,784$3,008$4,019$6,877

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($917 vs $6,877).

How the prices are spread

$726 – $951: 27 hospitals$726$951 – $1,245: 8 hospitals$1,245 – $1,631: 28 hospitals$1,245$1,631 – $2,137: 50 hospitals$2,137 – $2,799: 45 hospitals$2,137$2,799 – $3,666: 86 hospitals$3,666 – $4,801: 53 hospitals$3,666$4,801 – $6,289: 20 hospitals$6,289 – $8,237: 21 hospitals$6,289$8,237 – $10,790: 9 hospitals$8,237median $3,008price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (347 of 382 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$726$95127
$951$1,2458
$1,245$1,63128
$1,631$2,13750
$2,137$2,79945
$2,799$3,66686
$3,666$4,80153
$4,801$6,28920
$6,289$8,23721
$8,237$10,7909

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$3,008
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.90×

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 $3,008.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,519 across 11 hospitalsIL$1,519Wisconsin: median $2,819 across 11 hospitalsWI$2,819Michigan: median $1,267 across 24 hospitalsMI$1,267New York: median $3,840 across 26 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $3,340 across 11 hospitalsOR$3,340Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $2,376 across 14 hospitalsIA$2,376Indiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,789 across 14 hospitalsOH$2,789Pennsylvania: median $2,382 across 20 hospitalsPA$2,382New Jersey: median $3,794 across 33 hospitalsNJ$3,794Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,086 across 31 hospitalsCA$3,086Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,567 across 12 hospitalsMO$1,567Kentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 8 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,069 across 13 hospitalsOK$2,069Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,272 across 24 hospitalsTX$3,272Florida: median $4,637 across 15 hospitalsFL$4,637
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,008. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL15$4,637+54%$3,257 – $4,637
New York NY26$3,840+28%$2,313 – $3,884
New Jersey NJ33$3,794+26%$3,546 – $5,419
Oregon OR11$3,340+11%$1,828 – $3,340
Texas TX24$3,272+9%$3,058 – $3,272
California CA31$3,086+3%$2,876 – $3,086
Wisconsin WI11$2,819−6%$2,819 – $6,815
Ohio OH14$2,789−7%$1,564 – $4,396
Pennsylvania PA20$2,382−21%$608 – $5,486
Iowa IA14$2,376−21%$2,376 – $2,376
Oklahoma OK13$2,069−31%$2,069 – $6,615
Missouri MO12$1,567−48%$1,457 – $3,981
Illinois IL11$1,519−49%$726 – $2,376
Michigan MI24$1,267−58%$917 – $3,245
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not 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 $3,008.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care328$3,086$1,657 – $4,637
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access45$2,819$1,467 – $3,340
Ownership
For-profit50$3,656$1,564 – $8,372
Government57$2,657$1,683 – $3,840
Non-profit275$2,953$1,567 – $4,350
System affiliation
Part of a system305$3,086$1,613 – $4,637
Independent77$2,640$1,564 – $4,015

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,771
Median cash price$3,008
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

187 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,566 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,638; most fall between $1,614 and $4,118.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 187 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
$1,041$1,828$2,566$3,524$6,637

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,041 vs $6,637).

Of the 210 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 187 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

382 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 437 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted382
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code437

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 PR Tenolysis Flex Tendon,Palm & Finger,Ea.

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, “Freeing of a scarred flexor tendon in palm and finger (CPT 26442) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26442-freeing-of-a-scarred-flexor-tendon-in-palm-and-finger