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Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

Kansas 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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,096$912 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,445 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $724 to $3,890Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,026
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $1,096

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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 20th of 51

$1,122

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.