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 tendon, flexor, hand or finger, each tendon
HOUSTON, TX
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The Womans Hospital Of Texas’s median price of $2.4k is 25% below the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 28% 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: 10 payers, 31 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 | Superior Healthplan chip case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 2 | Superior Healthplan chpfc case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan star case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 4 | Superior Healthplan starkids case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 5 | Superior Healthplan starplus case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 6 | Aetna qhpexchange case rate · outpatient | $1,093 | $1,093 | $1,093 – $1,093 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $1,168 | $1,168 | $1,168 – $1,168 |
| 8 | Molina chip fee schedule · outpatient | $1,197 | $1,197 | $1,197 – $1,197 |
| 9 | Molina star fee schedule · outpatient | $1,197 | $1,197 | $1,197 – $1,197 |
| 10 | Molina starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $1,197 | $1,197 | $1,197 – $1,197 |
| 11 | Molina starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $1,197 | $1,197 | $1,197 – $1,197 |
| 12 | Humana mcd fee schedule · outpatient | $1,360 | $1,360 | $1,360 – $1,360 |
| 13 | Aetna Better Health mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $1,374 | $1,374 | $1,374 – $1,374 |
| 14 | Aetna comm case rate · outpatient | $1,859 | $1,859 | $1,859 – $1,859 |
| 15 | Aetna asa case rate · outpatient | $2,159 | $2,159 | $2,159 – $2,159 |
| 16 | Aetna oon case rate · outpatient | $2,187 | $2,187 | $2,187 – $2,187 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange case rate · outpatient | $2,276 | $2,276 | $2,276 – $2,276 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $2,283 | $2,283 | $2,283 – $2,283 |
| 19 | Cigna csn case rate · outpatient | $2,428 | $2,428 | $2,428 – $2,428 |
| 20 | Healthcare Highways narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $2,434 | $2,434 | $2,434 – $2,434 |
| 21 | Cigna openaccessplus case rate · outpatient | $2,631 | $2,631 | $2,631 – $2,631 |
| 22 | Oscar hix case rate · outpatient | $2,979 | $2,979 | $2,979 – $2,979 |
| 23 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $3,128 | $3,128 | $3,128 – $3,128 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $3,262 | $3,262 | $3,262 – $3,262 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $3,778 | $3,778 | $3,778 – $3,778 |
Last updated: May 14, 2026
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