Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
RELEASE PALM/FINGER TENDON
Crowley, LA
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Acadia General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $1.5k is 22% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 20% of the 1,706 hospitals reporting CPT 26440. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 11 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $550 | $550 | — | — | — | $550 – $550 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $550 | $550 | — | — | — | $550 – $550 |
| 3 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.0k | $1.0k | $452 | 45% | — | $550 – $1.5k |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.3k | $1.1k | $395 | 36% | — | $550 – $1.5k |
| 5 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | $346 | 31% | — | $763 – $1.5k |
| 6 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 7 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 8 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 9 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 10 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 11 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $4.2k | $4.1k | $136 | 3% | — | $3.9k – $4.2k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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