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.
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LENGTHENING OF HAND TENDON
Norfolk, VA
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Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters’s median price of $2.4k is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 28% of the 1,526 hospitals reporting CPT 26478. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 6 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 | Anthem all products facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,990 | $1,990 | $1,990 – $1,990 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all products facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,004 | $2,004 | $2,004 – $2,004 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health all products facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,457 | $2,457 | $2,457 – $2,457 |
| 4 | Humana all products facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,457 | $2,457 | $2,457 – $2,457 |
| 5 | Anthem all commercial products except healthkeepers facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11,242 | $11,242 | $11,242 – $11,242 |
| 6 | Anthem healthkeepers facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11,242 | $11,242 | $11,242 – $11,242 |
Last updated: Mar 17, 2026
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