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Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

South Carolina 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 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$891$759 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$1,349 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $933 to $12,589Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,445
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $891

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
$933.25
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$933

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.