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
The Woodlands, TX
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St. Luke's Community Health Services’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.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 33 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 commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $889.50 | $889.50 | $807.00 – $972.00 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $1,168 | $1,168 | $1,168 – $1,168 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|chip case rate · outpatient | $1,168 | $1,168 | $1,168 – $1,168 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starkids case rate · outpatient | $1,168 | $1,168 | $1,168 – $1,168 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans case rate · outpatient | $1,202 | $1,202 | $1,202 – $1,202 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|star case rate · outpatient | $1,568 | $1,568 | $1,568 – $1,568 |
| 7 | Cigna commercial|surefit case rate · outpatient | $1,864 | $1,864 | $1,864 – $1,864 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $2,053 | $2,053 | $2,053 – $2,053 |
| 9 | Cigna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $2,054 | $2,054 | $2,054 – $2,054 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $2,303 | $2,303 | $2,303 – $2,303 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|myblue health exchange case rate · outpatient | $2,628 | $2,628 | $2,628 – $2,628 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $3,250 | $3,250 | $3,250 – $3,250 |
| 13 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|hmo case rate · outpatient | $3,250 | $3,250 | $3,250 – $3,250 |
| 14 | Humana medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $3,250 | $3,250 | $3,250 – $3,250 |
| 15 | Humana medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $3,250 | $3,250 | $3,250 – $3,250 |
| 16 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|ppo case rate · outpatient | $3,282 | $3,282 | $3,282 – $3,282 |
| 17 | Aetna medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $3,315 | $3,315 | $3,315 – $3,315 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $3,315 | $3,315 | $3,315 – $3,315 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|charter case rate · outpatient | $3,400 | $3,400 | $3,400 – $3,400 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starplus case rate · outpatient | $3,572 | $3,572 | $3,572 – $3,572 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $3,778 | $3,778 | $3,778 – $3,778 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $3,778 | $3,778 | $3,778 – $3,778 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue premier case rate · outpatient | $3,969 | $3,969 | $3,969 – $3,969 |
| 24 | Humana commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $4,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 – $4,000 |
| 25 | Humana commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $4,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 – $4,000 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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