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Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

Illinois 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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 6 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$1,047$832 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,259 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,950
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,047

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
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 17th of 51

$1,288

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.