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Excision Of A Soft Tissue Or Skin Band In The Hand

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 8 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$955$832 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$955 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,079Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $955

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
$870.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 30th 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.