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Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

North Dakota 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $832 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$1,585$832 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$776 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $1,585

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
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 7th of 51

$1,585

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.