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Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

Arizona rates for HCPCS 26596

This is a surgical procedure to remove a band of soft tissue or skin in the hand that is restricting normal movement or causing a structural problem. The band is surgically excised, and the surrounding tissue is often closed or reconstructed to restore normal hand form and function. It's performed by a hand or orthopedic surgeon.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand cost?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$832$741 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,905 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $6,761Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $832

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Arizona· 26th of 51

$1,122

CA $3,981MD $832

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.