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
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Mid Hudson Regional Hospital’s median price of $5.3k is 63% above the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 90% 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, 17 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 | Aetna aetna hp network facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,857 | $3,857 | $3,857 – $3,857 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,064 | $4,064 | $4,064 – $4,064 |
| 3 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,064 | $4,064 | $4,064 – $4,064 |
| 4 | Oscar oscar medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,186 | $4,186 | $4,186 – $4,186 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna facility · case rate · outpatient | $4,287 | $4,287 | $4,287 – $4,287 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna employee facility · case rate · outpatient | $4,287 | $4,287 | $4,287 – $4,287 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare uhc compass facility · case rate · outpatient | $5,215 | $5,215 | $5,215 – $5,215 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare uhc exchange facility · case rate · outpatient | $5,215 | $5,215 | $5,215 – $5,215 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross connection/exchange facility · case rate · outpatient | $5,663 | $5,663 | $5,663 – $5,663 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross access facility · case rate · outpatient | $6,040 | $6,040 | $6,040 – $6,040 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare uhc commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $6,135 | $6,135 | $6,135 – $6,135 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare uhc empire facility · case rate · outpatient | $6,135 | $6,135 | $6,135 – $6,135 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6,379 | $6,379 | $6,379 – $6,379 |
| 14 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6,586 | $6,586 | $6,586 – $6,586 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross small group facility · case rate · outpatient | $6,795 | $6,795 | $6,795 – $6,795 |
| 16 | WellCare wellcare exchange (mcr) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7,519 | $7,519 | $7,519 – $7,519 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross commercial/healthy ny facility · case rate · outpatient | $7,550 | $7,550 | $7,550 – $7,550 |
Last updated: Jul 28, 2026
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