HRHospitalRates.comCompare prices

Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Open cutting of a flexor tendon in a finger

CPT 26455the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to divide a tight flexor tendon within a finger to release a bent or contracted finger; billed once for each tendon cut.

Hospitals typically charge $1,566 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 435 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,611. Most fall between $717 and $3,554 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
435
States
44
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 435 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
$550$754$1,566$2,730$6,103

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($550 vs $6,103).

How the prices are spread

$333 – $446: 12 hospitals$333$446 – $599: 24 hospitals$599 – $804: 59 hospitals$599$804 – $1,079: 67 hospitals$1,079 – $1,448: 26 hospitals$1,079$1,448 – $1,944: 70 hospitals$1,944 – $2,609: 42 hospitals$1,944$2,609 – $3,501: 23 hospitals$3,501 – $4,699: 34 hospitals$3,501$4,699 – $6,307: 40 hospitals$4,699median $1,566price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (397 of 435 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$333$44612
$446$59924
$599$80459
$804$1,07967
$1,079$1,44826
$1,448$1,94470
$1,944$2,60942
$2,609$3,50123
$3,501$4,69934
$4,699$6,30740

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,566
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.95×

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 $1,566.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $2,730 across 10 hospitalsID$2,730Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $808 across 13 hospitalsIL$808Wisconsin: median $1,566 across 39 hospitalsWI$1,566Michigan: median $600 across 26 hospitalsMI$600New York: median $1,894 across 27 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 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 $1,038 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,038Indiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $978 across 14 hospitalsOH$978Pennsylvania: median $1,876 across 27 hospitalsPA$1,876New Jersey: median $4,330 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,039 across 46 hospitalsCA$3,039Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 9 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $752 across 13 hospitalsOK$752Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 6 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 $2,206 across 25 hospitalsTX$2,206Florida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,566. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ31$4,330+176%$1,773 – $5,339
California CA46$3,039+94%$754 – $6,261
Idaho ID10$2,730+74%$1,187 – $4,436
Texas TX25$2,206+41%$1,309 – $2,206
New York NY27$1,894+21%$644 – $1,909
Pennsylvania PA27$1,876+20%$295 – $3,447
Wisconsin WI39$1,5660%$1,074 – $1,940
Iowa IA20$1,038−34%$810 – $1,044
Ohio OH14$978−38%$740 – $2,037
Illinois IL13$808−48%$315 – $1,919
Oklahoma OK13$752−52%$752 – $3,263
Michigan MI26$600−62%$558 – $1,940
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $1,566.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care333$1,733$752 – $4,330
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access90$1,216$691 – $2,241
Ownership
For-profit48$1,986$752 – $4,864
Government66$1,124$717 – $2,053
Non-profit321$1,566$720 – $3,644
System affiliation
Part of a system344$1,749$752 – $3,786
Independent91$1,207$679 – $2,730

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,721
Median cash price$1,566
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

249 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,074 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,427; most fall between $717 and $3,598.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 249 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
$518$754$1,074$2,243$6,261

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($518 vs $6,261).

Of the 267 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 249 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 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

435 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 482 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted435
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here30
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded15
Hospitals that filed this code482

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 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 Tenotomy Flexor Finger Open Each Tendon.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open cutting of a flexor tendon in a finger (CPT 26455) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26455-open-cutting-of-a-flexor-tendon-in-a-finger