Hand flexor tendon lengthening, per tendon at Southeast Texas Orthopedic Specialty Center

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

Original text from hospital filings

LENGTHENING OF HAND TENDON

Port Arthur, TX

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Southeast Texas Orthopedic Specialty Center’s median price of $3.2k is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 50% 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 Southeast Texas Orthopedic Specialty Center

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 30 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	UnitedHealthcare chip km case rate · outpatient	$297.19	$297.19	$297.19 – $297.19
2	UnitedHealthcare star kid km case rate · outpatient	$297.19	$297.19	$297.19 – $297.19
3	UnitedHealthcare star km case rate · outpatient	$297.19	$297.19	$297.19 – $297.19
4	UnitedHealthcare star plus km case rate · outpatient	$297.19	$297.19	$297.19 – $297.19
5	Molina chip km fee schedule · outpatient	$1,143	$1,143	$1,143 – $1,143
6	Molina star km fee schedule · outpatient	$1,143	$1,143	$1,143 – $1,143
7	Molina star plus km fee schedule · outpatient	$1,143	$1,143	$1,143 – $1,143
8	Humana choicecare other · outpatient	$1,526	$1,526	$1,526 – $1,526
9	Aetna new business case rate · outpatient	$1,741	$1,741	$1,741 – $1,741
10	UnitedHealthcare hix case rate · outpatient	$1,863	$1,863	$1,863 – $1,863
11	Aetna epo case rate · outpatient	$1,934	$1,934	$1,934 – $1,934
12	Aetna hmo case rate · outpatient	$1,934	$1,934	$1,934 – $1,934
13	Aetna pos case rate · outpatient	$1,934	$1,934	$1,934 – $1,934
14	Aetna ppo case rate · outpatient	$1,934	$1,934	$1,934 – $1,934
15	Aetna mm fee schedule · outpatient	$3,250	$3,250	$3,250 – $3,250
16	Bcbs Tx mm fee schedule · outpatient	$3,250	$3,250	$3,250 – $3,250
17	Humana gold choice mm fee schedule · outpatient	$3,250	$3,250	$3,250 – $3,250
18	Molina medicare adv mm fee schedule · outpatient	$3,250	$3,250	$3,250 – $3,250
19	UnitedHealthcare mm fee schedule · outpatient	$3,250	$3,250	$3,250 – $3,250
20	WellCare mm fee schedule · outpatient	$3,250	$3,250	$3,250 – $3,250
21	Devoted mm fee schedule · outpatient	$3,510	$3,510	$3,510 – $3,510
22	Bcbs Tx blue advantage hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$3,805	$3,805	$3,805 – $3,805
23	Bcbs Tx hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$3,805	$3,805	$3,805 – $3,805
24	Cigna new business case rate · outpatient	$3,941	$3,941	$3,941 – $3,941
25	Healthcare Highways ppo case rate · outpatient	$4,115	$4,115	$4,115 – $4,115

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Last updated: Jan 13, 2026

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