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
LENGHTENING OF TENDON, FLEXOR, HAND OR FINGER, EACH TENDON
HOUMA, LA
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Physicians Medical Center_F’s median price of $2.9k is 11% below the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 34% 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: 7 payers, 11 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 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,080 | $1,080 | $1,080 – $1,080 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,179 | $1,179 | $1,179 – $1,179 |
| 3 | Humana humana managed medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,757 | $2,757 | $2,757 – $2,757 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna managed care medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,901 | $2,901 | $2,901 – $2,901 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare managed care medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,901 | $2,901 | $2,901 – $2,901 |
| 6 | WellCare wellcare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,901 | $2,901 | $2,901 – $2,901 |
| 7 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,915 | $2,915 | $2,915 – $2,915 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare uhc va - cnn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,948 | $2,948 | $2,948 – $2,948 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo facility · other · outpatient | $3,399 | $3,399 | $3,399 – $3,399 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo facility · other · outpatient | $3,399 | $3,399 | $3,399 – $3,399 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,185 | $5,185 | $5,185 – $5,185 |
Last updated: Sep 24, 2026
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