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Lengthening of hand tendon
Knoxville, TN
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The University of Tennessee Medical Center’s median price of $3.0k is 9% below the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 37% 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 facility · case rate · outpatient | $582.00 | $582.00 | $582.00 – $582.00 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tenncare select facility · case rate · outpatient | $594.64 | $594.64 | $594.64 – $594.64 |
| 3 | Cigna ifp connect facility · case rate · outpatient | $633.00 | $633.00 | $633.00 – $633.00 |
| 4 | Cigna local plus facility · case rate · outpatient | $652.00 | $652.00 | $652.00 – $652.00 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluecare tenncare facility · case rate · outpatient | $695.11 | $695.11 | $695.11 – $695.11 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield coverkids tenncare facility · case rate · outpatient | $695.11 | $695.11 | $695.11 – $695.11 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare uhc community tenncare facility · case rate · outpatient | $953.49 | $953.49 | $953.49 – $953.49 |
| 8 | Cigna hmo/nl/oap/other/gw facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,241 | $1,241 | $1,241 – $1,241 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare tn individual exchange benefit facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,365 | $1,365 | $1,365 – $1,365 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,433 | $1,433 | $1,433 – $1,433 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare core facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,433 | $1,433 | $1,433 – $1,433 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare nexus aco oap facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,433 | $1,433 | $1,433 – $1,433 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare heritage select facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,691 | $1,691 | $1,691 – $1,691 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare tenncare facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,518 | $2,518 | $2,518 – $2,518 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs network e facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,531 | $2,531 | $2,531 – $2,531 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs network l facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,531 | $2,531 | $2,531 – $2,531 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs network s facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,848 | $2,848 | $2,848 – $2,848 |
| 18 | Cigna cigna healthspring medadv facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,963 | $2,963 | $2,963 – $2,963 |
| 19 | Humana choice medadv ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,963 | $2,963 | $2,963 – $2,963 |
| 20 | Humana humana medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,963 | $2,963 | $2,963 – $2,963 |
| 21 | Humana medadv hmo,pos,ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,963 | $2,963 | $2,963 – $2,963 |
| 22 | Humana medadv hvn facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,963 | $2,963 | $2,963 – $2,963 |
| 23 | Optum united optum vaccn facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,963 | $2,963 | $2,963 – $2,963 |
| 24 | Optum vaccn transplant facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,963 | $2,963 | $2,963 – $2,963 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare medadv/aarp facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,963 | $2,963 | $2,963 – $2,963 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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