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Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

New Jersey 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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$871$759 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$4,571 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $10,715Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $692 to $4,571
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $871

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,595.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 29th of 51

$1,072

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.