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Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

Florida 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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 7 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$813$692 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$2,089 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $871 to $13,804Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,318
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $813

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
$776.25
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 46th of 51

$871

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.