Hand flexor tendon lengthening, per tendon at University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics

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

PR TENDON LENGTHENING,FLEX,HAND/FINGR

Chicago, IL

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University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics’s median price of $520 is 84% below the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 3% 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 University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 25 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	Molina mmai dual eligibility professional · fee schedule · both	$277.52	$277.52	$277.52 – $277.52
2	Aetna medicare hmo, ppo, & nap professional · fee schedule · both	$346.90	$346.90	$346.90 – $346.90
3	Medicare part a and b & medicare railroad professional · fee schedule · both	$346.90	$346.90	$346.90 – $346.90
4	Optum all products professional · fee schedule · both	$346.90	$346.90	$346.90 – $346.90
5	UnitedHealthcare medicare hmo & ppo professional · fee schedule · both	$346.90	$346.90	$346.90 – $346.90
6	WellCare medicare hmo professional · fee schedule · both	$364.24	$364.24	$364.24 – $364.24
7	UnitedHealthcare core epo & navigate epo professional · fee schedule · both	$433.10	$433.10	$433.10 – $433.10
8	Aetna Better Health medicaid professional · fee schedule · both	$442.90	$442.90	$442.90 – $442.90
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid professional · fee schedule · both	$442.90	$442.90	$442.90 – $442.90
10	Molina medicaid professional · fee schedule · both	$442.90	$442.90	$442.90 – $442.90
11	UnitedHealthcare choice epo professional · fee schedule · both	$502.39	$502.39	$502.39 – $502.39
12	Blue Cross Blue Shield access community health network professional · fee schedule · both	$537.29	$537.29	$537.29 – $537.29
13	MultiPlan ppo professional · fee schedule · both	$728.48	$728.48	$728.48 – $728.48
14	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue choice city of chicago professional · fee schedule · both	$777.12	$777.12	$777.12 – $777.12
15	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue choice opt ppo professional · fee schedule · both	$777.12	$777.12	$777.12 – $777.12
16	Blue Cross Blue Shield unite here health professional · fee schedule · both	$777.12	$777.12	$777.12 – $777.12
17	Blue Cross Blue Shield advocate health systems ipa professional · fee schedule · both	$881.11	$881.11	$881.11 – $881.11
18	UnitedHealthcare hmo, pos & open access professional · fee schedule · both	$1,022	$1,022	$1,022 – $1,022
19	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue advantage hmo professional · fee schedule · both	$1,041	$1,041	$1,041 – $1,041
20	Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo professional · fee schedule · both	$1,075	$1,075	$1,075 – $1,075
21	Cigna all products professional · fee schedule · both	$1,117	$1,117	$1,117 – $1,117
22	Aetna choice pos & health network option professional · fee schedule · both	$1,143	$1,143	$1,143 – $1,143
23	Aetna st of il qchp, aexcel, coventry ppo & first health network solutions professional · fee schedule · both	$1,143	$1,143	$1,143 – $1,143
24	Aetna workers comp professional · fee schedule · both	$1,143	$1,143	$1,143 – $1,143
25	MultiPlan workers comp professional · fee schedule · both	$2,063	$2,063	$2,063 – $2,063

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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