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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Release of a tight muscle inside the hand, one muscle

CPT 26593the billing code this page is about

Surgery to cut or loosen one of the small muscles within the hand to relieve tightness; the charge covers a single muscle, so each muscle released bills separately.

Hospitals typically charge $2,457 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 331 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,581. Most fall between $1,012 and $5,038 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
331
States
42
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 331 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
$804$1,049$2,457$4,233$8,009

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($804 vs $8,009).

How the prices are spread

$556 – $735: 17 hospitals$556$735 – $971: 34 hospitals$971 – $1,284: 38 hospitals$971$1,284 – $1,697: 41 hospitals$1,697 – $2,243: 17 hospitals$1,697$2,243 – $2,965: 23 hospitals$2,965 – $3,919: 47 hospitals$2,965$3,919 – $5,180: 35 hospitals$5,180 – $6,847: 25 hospitals$5,180$6,847 – $9,050: 30 hospitals$6,847median $2,457price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (307 of 331 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$556$73517
$735$97134
$971$1,28438
$1,284$1,69741
$1,697$2,24317
$2,243$2,96523
$2,965$3,91947
$3,919$5,18035
$5,180$6,84725
$6,847$9,05030

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,457
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.73×

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 $2,457.

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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,227 across 15 hospitalsMN$3,227Illinois: median $958 across 11 hospitalsIL$958Wisconsin: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $909 across 23 hospitalsMI$909New York: median $3,840 across 23 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 6 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 $1,510 across 14 hospitalsIA$1,510Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $1,430 across 12 hospitalsOH$1,430Pennsylvania: median $2,382 across 19 hospitalsPA$2,382New Jersey: median $4,130 across 29 hospitalsNJ$4,130Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,050 across 27 hospitalsCA$9,050Utah: 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 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 $1,049 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,049Louisiana: 3 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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,176 across 23 hospitalsTX$2,176Florida: median $4,177 across 10 hospitalsFL$4,177
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,457. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA27$9,050+268%$7,314 – $9,050
Florida FL10$4,177+70%$1,430 – $4,177
New Jersey NJ29$4,130+68%$3,591 – $5,339
New York NY23$3,840+56%$1,612 – $3,884
Minnesota MN15$3,227+31%$1,631 – $3,227
Pennsylvania PA19$2,382−3%$394 – $5,486
Texas TX23$2,176−11%$1,969 – $2,778
Iowa IA14$1,510−39%$1,510 – $1,510
Ohio OH12$1,430−42%$1,088 – $2,533
Oklahoma OK13$1,049−57%$1,049 – $6,615
Illinois IL11$958−61%$459 – $1,330
Michigan MI23$909−63%$859 – $1,157
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not 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 $2,457.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care276$2,778$1,027 – $5,220
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access43$1,566$942 – $3,227
Ownership
For-profit39$3,536$1,027 – $6,240
Government45$2,446$1,070 – $4,015
Non-profit247$2,438$958 – $4,881
System affiliation
Part of a system269$2,778$1,027 – $5,339
Independent62$1,677$958 – $4,233

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,308
Median cash price$2,457
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

176 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,677 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,506; most fall between $1,003 and $6,588.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 176 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
$757$1,049$1,677$4,441$9,050

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($757 vs $9,050).

Of the 187 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 176 gave a usable cash price; 9 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

331 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 359 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted331
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here23
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 — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code359

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 Release Intrinsic Muscles Hand Each Muscle.

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, “Release of a tight muscle inside the hand, one muscle (CPT 26593) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26593-release-of-a-tight-muscle-inside-the-hand-one-muscle