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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1-Lengthening of hand tendon
Philadelphia, PA
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Inc.’s median price of $4.7k is 45% above the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 83% 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: 2 payers, 5 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 pebtf facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,422 | $2,422 | $2,422 – $2,422 |
| 2 | Cigna jcc001_jcc002 commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $4,550 | $4,550 | $4,550 – $4,550 |
| 3 | Aetna commercial pebtf facility · case rate · outpatient | $4,888 | $4,888 | $4,888 – $4,888 |
| 4 | Cigna jcc001_jcc002 ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $5,460 | $5,460 | $5,460 – $5,460 |
| 5 | Aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,750 | $5,750 | $5,750 – $5,750 |
Last updated: Mar 18, 2026
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