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26055

Incision of tendon covering of finger

$298.3M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 26055 (Incision of tendon covering of finger) received $298.3M in total Medicare payments.

Across 1.0M services, the average Medicare payment was $293.87 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$22.4M79.5K—
2015$23.9M86.2K+6.6%
2016$30.3M93.6K+26.7%
2017$27.5M97.0K-9.1%
2018$31.2M106.2K+13.5%
2019$32.9M113.3K+5.4%
2020$28.4M98.2K-13.7%
2021$33.0M111.5K+16.2%
2022$33.6M112.5K+1.6%
2023$35.1M117.3K+4.6%

Top Providers for 26055

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1David ChanHand SurgeryFL$150.5K334$450.65
2Lutherville Surgicenter, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMD$142.2K311$457.20
3Surgery Center Of Allentown LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterPA$133.5K299$446.39
4Stephen HelgemoHand SurgeryFL$130.8K319$409.90
5Sf Nassau Asc LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterNY$112.0K203$551.66
6Santa Rosa Surgery Center L PAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$111.0K180$616.58
7Physicians Surgicenter LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterNJ$107.0K229$467.31
8Orthopaedic Surgery Center Of San Antonio LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$105.5K284$371.59
9Orthopaedic Surgery Center Of Asheville, LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterNC$104.7K248$421.98
10Orthopedic Surgery Center Of Oc LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$103.9K189$549.88
11Chippenham Ambulatory Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterVA$103.6K225$460.48
12Ravine Way Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterIL$101.1K220$459.61
13Madison Physician Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMS$97.9K236$414.68
14Beltway Surgery Centers LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterIN$97.3K212$458.98
15Focus Hand Surgicenter LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterCO$95.8K193$496.52
16E-Asc LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterOH$93.7K208$450.42
17Banner Union Hills Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$88.0K200$439.90
18First State Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterDE$87.7K194$451.81
19Orthoarizona Scottsdale Asc, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$85.2K177$481.34
20Bellaire Outpatient Surgery Center, LlpAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$85.1K216$394.06
21Specialists One- Day Surgery LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterNY$84.9K195$435.24
22Texas Orthopedics Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$82.2K191$430.45
23George PiankaOrthopedic SurgeryNY$80.9K143$565.45
24Noc Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterNE$77.4K161$481.00
25Phoenix Orthopaedic Ambulatory Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$76.4K172$444.09

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$3.2M10.3K211$15.0K
CA$3.1M8.5K223$13.8K
NY$1.6M5.0K130$12.3K
TX$1.6M6.1K156$10.2K
IL$1.6M4.9K122$13.0K
PA$1.5M5.6K143$10.8K
AZ$1.3M4.5K77$17.0K
VA$1.2M4.0K87$13.3K
NC$1.1M3.8K100$11.4K
OH$1.1M4.1K118$9.4K
MD$1.1M3.3K71$15.5K
NJ$1.1M3.3K85$12.9K
WA$1.1M3.5K89$12.1K
GA$1.0M3.4K89$11.3K
CO$995.4K3.1K72$13.8K
TN$915.6K3.3K71$12.9K
IN$899.5K3.1K86$10.5K
SC$832.7K3.1K67$12.4K
MA$741.0K2.6K73$10.2K
MI$740.4K2.4K79$9.4K
AL$531.1K1.9K48$11.1K
WI$513.3K1.8K58$8.9K
MO$499.8K1.9K51$9.8K
CT$491.4K1.4K46$10.7K
IA$464.8K1.5K40$11.6K
MN$430.9K1.3K43$10.0K
MS$419.1K1.5K27$15.5K
KS$414.5K1.5K41$10.1K
OR$408.9K1.3K38$10.8K
DE$407.1K1.3K17$23.9K

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Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.