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Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

Montana 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?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$1,259$1,047 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,259 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $1,585Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,818
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $1,259

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 16th of 51

$1,318

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.