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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 October 2026.

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

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$447 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$776 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $537 to $11,749Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $89 to $977
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,413professional $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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· 49th of 51

$646

AK $3,388TX $407

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.