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Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

Missouri 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$912$794 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$955 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,888Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,630
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $912

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 32nd of 51

$955

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.