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
Winston-Salem, NC
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Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc.’s median price of $3.2k is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 48% 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: 5 payers, 5 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,173 | $3,173 | $3,173 – $3,173 |
| 2 | Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,173 | $3,173 | $3,173 – $3,173 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,173 | $3,173 | $3,173 – $3,173 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,253 | $3,253 | $3,253 – $3,253 |
| 5 | Cigna healthspring fee schedule · outpatient | $3,269 | $3,269 | $3,269 – $3,269 |
Last updated: Mar 30, 2026
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