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
Lengthening of tendon, flexor, hand or finger, each tendon
Fredericksburg, TX
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Methodist Hospital Hill Country’s median price of $2.2k is 33% below the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 25% 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: 9 payers, 41 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 | First Health chip per diem · outpatient | $365.00 | $365.00 | $365.00 – $365.00 |
| 2 | First Health chipperinate per diem · outpatient | $365.00 | $365.00 | $365.00 – $365.00 |
| 3 | First Health mcdstar per diem · outpatient | $365.00 | $365.00 | $365.00 – $365.00 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare mcd fee schedule · outpatient | $1,088 | $1,088 | $1,088 – $1,088 |
| 5 | Aetna qhphix case rate · outpatient | $1,153 | $1,153 | $1,153 – $1,153 |
| 6 | Molina chip fee schedule · outpatient | $1,197 | $1,197 | $1,197 – $1,197 |
| 7 | Molina mcdstar fee schedule · outpatient | $1,197 | $1,197 | $1,197 – $1,197 |
| 8 | Molina star+plus fee schedule · outpatient | $1,197 | $1,197 | $1,197 – $1,197 |
| 9 | Molina starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $1,197 | $1,197 | $1,197 – $1,197 |
| 10 | First Health comm case rate · outpatient | $1,373 | $1,373 | $1,373 – $1,373 |
| 11 | Aetna Better Health chip fee schedule · outpatient | $1,374 | $1,374 | $1,374 – $1,374 |
| 12 | Aetna Better Health chipepo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,374 | $1,374 | $1,374 – $1,374 |
| 13 | Aetna Better Health chipperinate fee schedule · outpatient | $1,374 | $1,374 | $1,374 – $1,374 |
| 14 | Aetna Better Health chpfc fee schedule · outpatient | $1,374 | $1,374 | $1,374 – $1,374 |
| 15 | Aetna Better Health star fee schedule · outpatient | $1,374 | $1,374 | $1,374 – $1,374 |
| 16 | Aetna Better Health star+plus fee schedule · outpatient | $1,374 | $1,374 | $1,374 – $1,374 |
| 17 | Aetna Better Health starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $1,374 | $1,374 | $1,374 – $1,374 |
| 18 | Aetna narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $1,609 | $1,609 | $1,609 – $1,609 |
| 19 | Aetna newbusinessrates case rate · outpatient | $1,827 | $1,827 | $1,827 – $1,827 |
| 20 | Aetna commercialbasenetwork case rate · outpatient | $1,861 | $1,861 | $1,861 – $1,861 |
| 21 | Aetna oon case rate · outpatient | $2,190 | $2,190 | $2,190 – $2,190 |
| 22 | Cigna newbusinessnetwork case rate · outpatient | $2,344 | $2,344 | $2,344 – $2,344 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $2,461 | $2,461 | $2,461 – $2,461 |
| 24 | Cigna hmo case rate · outpatient | $2,569 | $2,569 | $2,569 – $2,569 |
| 25 | Cigna openaccessplus case rate · outpatient | $2,569 | $2,569 | $2,569 – $2,569 |
Last updated: May 1, 2026
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