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
Angeles, CA
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Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles’s median price of $992 is 69% below the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 12% 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: 8 payers, 15 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 | Medicaid california childrens services government facility · other · outpatient | $483.82 | $483.82 | $483.82 – $483.82 |
| 2 | Medicaid medi-cal facility · other · outpatient | $483.82 | $483.82 | $483.82 – $483.82 |
| 3 | Anthem anthem blue cross mmc facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $797.34 | $797.34 | $797.34 – $797.34 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield promise mmc facility · other · outpatient | $957.48 | $957.48 | $957.48 – $957.48 |
| 5 | Molina molina mmc facility · other · outpatient | $1,021 | $1,021 | $1,021 – $1,021 |
| 6 | Anthem anthem blue cross select facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,368 | $2,368 | $2,368 – $2,368 |
| 7 | Anthem anthem blue cross commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,416 | $2,416 | $2,416 – $2,416 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield marketplace facility · other · outpatient | $2,891 | $2,891 | $2,891 – $2,891 |
| 9 | Cigna cigna commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,912 | $2,912 | $2,912 – $2,912 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield commercial facility · other · outpatient | $3,170 | $3,170 | $3,170 – $3,170 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $6,367 | $6,367 | $6,367 – $6,367 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial ppo select facility · case rate · outpatient | $7,416 | $7,416 | $7,416 – $7,416 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $7,999 | $7,999 | $7,999 – $7,999 |
| 14 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9,132 | $9,132 | $9,132 – $9,132 |
| 15 | Optum optum health plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12,194 | $12,194 | $12,194 – $12,194 |
Last updated: Apr 10, 2026
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