Hand flexor tendon lengthening, per tendon at Ochsner Lake Area Hospital

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

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LENGTHENING OF HAND TENDON

Lake Charles, LA

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Ochsner Lake Area Hospital’s median price of $2.9k is 9% below the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 35% of the 1,526 hospitals reporting CPT 26478. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 26478 at Ochsner Lake Area Hospital

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 19 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	Amerihealth Caritas km fee schedule · outpatient	$360.84	$360.84	$360.84 – $360.84
2	UnitedHealthcare km fee schedule · outpatient	$360.84	$360.84	$360.84 – $360.84
3	Humana healthy horizons km fee schedule · outpatient	$368.06	$368.06	$368.06 – $368.06
4	Aetna km fee schedule · outpatient	$378.88	$378.88	$378.88 – $378.88
5	Humana choicecare other · outpatient	$1,299	$1,299	$1,299 – $1,299
6	Aetna new business case rate · outpatient	$1,360	$1,360	$1,360 – $1,360
7	Aetna ppo case rate · outpatient	$1,600	$1,600	$1,600 – $1,600
8	UnitedHealthcare all payer case rate · outpatient	$1,791	$1,791	$1,791 – $1,791
9	Aetna mm fee schedule · outpatient	$2,949	$2,949	$2,949 – $2,949
10	Bcbs La mm fee schedule · outpatient	$2,949	$2,949	$2,949 – $2,949
11	Humana bh mm fee schedule · outpatient	$2,949	$2,949	$2,949 – $2,949
12	Humana gold choice mm fee schedule · outpatient	$2,949	$2,949	$2,949 – $2,949
13	UnitedHealthcare va ccn mm fee schedule · outpatient	$2,949	$2,949	$2,949 – $2,949
14	UnitedHealthcare mm fee schedule · outpatient	$3,008	$3,008	$3,008 – $3,008
15	WellCare mm fee schedule · outpatient	$3,097	$3,097	$3,097 – $3,097
16	Bcbs La hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$3,960	$3,960	$3,960 – $3,960
17	Bcbs La ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$3,960	$3,960	$3,960 – $3,960
18	Bcbs La trad fee schedule · outpatient	$3,960	$3,960	$3,960 – $3,960
19	Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient	$4,009	$4,009	$4,009 – $4,009

Last updated: Jan 13, 2026

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