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
Buffalo, NY
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Erie County Medical Center Corporation’s median price of $3.0k is 7% below the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 39% 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: 6 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 | Molina child health plus case rate · outpatient | $803.00 | $803.00 | $803.00 – $803.00 |
| 2 | Molina medicaid case rate · outpatient | $803.00 | $803.00 | $803.00 – $803.00 |
| 3 | Highmark child health plus fee schedule · outpatient | $1,598 | $1,598 | $1,598 – $1,598 |
| 4 | Highmark medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $1,598 | $1,598 | $1,598 – $1,598 |
| 5 | Highmark medicare zero premium case rate · outpatient | $1,613 | $1,613 | $1,613 – $1,613 |
| 6 | Highmark hmoposalign case rate · outpatient | $2,214 | $2,214 | $2,214 – $2,214 |
| 7 | Highmark indemnityppo case rate · outpatient | $2,694 | $2,694 | $2,694 – $2,694 |
| 8 | Highmark medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2,815 | $2,815 | $2,815 – $2,815 |
| 9 | Aetna commercial case rate · outpatient | $3,120 | $3,120 | $3,120 – $3,120 |
| 10 | Highmark essential plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,596 | $3,596 | $3,596 – $3,596 |
| 11 | Molina essential plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,596 | $3,596 | $3,596 – $3,596 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $4,084 | $4,084 | $4,084 – $4,084 |
| 13 | WellCare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $4,084 | $4,084 | $4,084 – $4,084 |
| 14 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $4,207 | $4,207 | $4,207 – $4,207 |
| 15 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $10,211 | $10,211 | $10,211 – $10,211 |
Last updated: Aug 25, 2026
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