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Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

Nebraska 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$1,380$912 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,020 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,571
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $1,380

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,025.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$1,660

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.