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Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

Louisiana 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?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$955$776 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,023 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,786Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $955

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
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$1,148

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.