go back

Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

Michigan 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?

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$891$759 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,884 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $5,623Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $891

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
$1,047.13
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$1,047

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.