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.
Original text from hospital filings
LENGTHENING OF TENDON, FLEXOR, HAND OR FINGER, EACH TENDON
Monroeville, PA
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UPMC East’s median price of $1.9k is 40% below the median hospital's median price ($3.2k), higher than 23% 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: 5 payers, 16 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 | UnitedHealthcare unison kids facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $340.40 | $340.40 | $340.40 – $340.40 |
| 2 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $438.97 | $438.97 | $438.97 – $438.97 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $462.09 | $462.09 | $462.09 – $462.09 |
| 4 | Highmark complete blue medicare advantage/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $550.23 | $550.23 | $550.23 – $550.23 |
| 5 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,225 | $1,225 | $1,225 – $1,225 |
| 6 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,593 | $1,593 | $1,593 – $1,593 |
| 7 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,641 | $1,641 | $1,641 – $1,641 |
| 8 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,133 | $2,133 | $2,133 – $2,133 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare unison advantage non special needs facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,248 | $3,248 | $3,248 – $3,248 |
| 10 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,281 | $3,281 | $3,281 – $3,281 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,310 | $3,310 | $3,310 – $3,310 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,325 | $3,325 | $3,248 – $3,403 |
| 13 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,341 | $3,341 | $3,341 – $3,341 |
| 14 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,341 | $3,341 | $3,341 – $3,341 |
| 15 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,341 | $3,341 | $3,341 – $3,341 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare unison advantage special needs facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,403 | $3,403 | $3,403 – $3,403 |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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