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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Freeing of a scarred extensor tendon in the hand or finger

CPT 26445the billing code this page is about

Surgery to release scar tissue binding an extensor tendon on the back of the hand or a finger so it can glide again; billed once for each tendon treated.

Hospitals typically charge $2,289 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 595 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,473. Most fall between $1,066 and $4,637 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
595
States
49
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 595 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
$710$1,157$2,289$4,226$8,115

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($710 vs $8,115).

How the prices are spread

$609 – $823: 41 hospitals$609$823 – $1,113: 65 hospitals$1,113 – $1,505: 91 hospitals$1,113$1,505 – $2,035: 55 hospitals$2,035 – $2,752: 53 hospitals$2,035$2,752 – $3,722: 74 hospitals$3,722 – $5,034: 78 hospitals$3,722$5,034 – $6,807: 29 hospitals$6,807 – $9,206: 35 hospitals$6,807$9,206 – $12,450: 18 hospitals$9,206median $2,289price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (539 of 595 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$609$82341
$823$1,11365
$1,113$1,50591
$1,505$2,03555
$2,035$2,75253
$2,752$3,72274
$3,722$5,03478
$5,034$6,80729
$6,807$9,20635
$9,206$12,45018

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,289
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.68×

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 $2,289.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,962 across 10 hospitalsWA$1,962Idaho: median $2,406 across 14 hospitalsID$2,406Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,438 across 25 hospitalsMN$2,438Illinois: median $1,170 across 18 hospitalsIL$1,170Wisconsin: median $2,507 across 16 hospitalsWI$2,507Michigan: median $1,243 across 29 hospitalsMI$1,243New York: median $3,840 across 33 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 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 $1,436 across 22 hospitalsIA$1,436Indiana: median $710 across 12 hospitalsIN$710Ohio: median $1,403 across 19 hospitalsOH$1,403Pennsylvania: median $2,382 across 26 hospitalsPA$2,382New Jersey: median $4,305 across 36 hospitalsNJ$4,305Connecticut: 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 $1,614 across 52 hospitalsCA$1,614Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,904 across 18 hospitalsCO$2,904Nebraska: median $1,947 across 11 hospitalsNE$1,947Missouri: median $930 across 16 hospitalsMO$930Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,458 across 19 hospitalsWV$1,458Virginia: 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $979 across 14 hospitalsOK$979Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $6,653 across 10 hospitalsGA$6,653Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,778 across 36 hospitalsTX$2,778Florida: median $4,637 across 24 hospitalsFL$4,637
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,289. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA10$6,653+191%$6,653 – $11,629
Florida FL24$4,637+103%$2,361 – $7,400
New Jersey NJ36$4,305+88%$3,591 – $5,110
New York NY33$3,840+68%$1,093 – $3,884
Colorado CO18$2,904+27%$1,313 – $8,676
Texas TX36$2,778+21%$2,596 – $4,422
Wisconsin WI16$2,507+10%$1,566 – $4,077
Minnesota MN25$2,438+6%$1,179 – $3,466
Idaho ID14$2,406+5%$1,403 – $8,372
Pennsylvania PA26$2,382+4%$384 – $6,114
Washington WA10$1,962−14%$1,110 – $6,222
Nebraska NE11$1,947−15%$1,071 – $2,580
Virginia VA12$1,857−19%$391 – $7,553
California CA52$1,614−29%$1,432 – $2,811
West Virginia WV19$1,458−36%$642 – $3,908
Iowa IA22$1,436−37%$1,436 – $1,751
Ohio OH19$1,403−39%$938 – $9,348
Michigan MI29$1,243−46%$1,013 – $2,289
Illinois IL18$1,170−49%$661 – $2,922
Oklahoma OK14$979−57%$979 – $6,615
Missouri MO16$930−59%$749 – $2,887
Indiana IN12$710−69%$661 – $8,975
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not 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
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $2,289.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care462$2,596$1,110 – $4,637
Children’s22$2,643$1,403 – $15,694
Critical access110$1,403$869 – $3,102
Ownership
For-profit67$3,139$1,071 – $8,171
Government94$1,751$1,130 – $4,017
Non-profit433$2,361$1,013 – $4,499
System affiliation
Part of a system460$2,593$1,093 – $4,637
Independent135$1,805$994 – $3,861

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,830
Median cash price$2,289
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

320 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,573 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,978; most fall between $917 and $4,422.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 320 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
$661$979$1,573$2,922$6,653

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($661 vs $6,653).

Of the 349 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 320 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

595 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 663 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted595
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here45
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded19
Hospitals that filed this code663

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 Ext Tendon,Hand/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 extensor tendon in the hand or finger (CPT 26445) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26445-freeing-of-a-scarred-extensor-tendon-in-the-hand-or-finger