CPT 26600 at Cascade Medical Center

Musculoskeletal

Cascade Medical Center, Leavenworth

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Cascade Medical Center publishes for this code: as an outpatient

Cascade Medical Center’s prices for CPT 26600, as an outpatient
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$399 – $4932 plans	$399 – $977
Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates	$392 – $6587 plans	$348 – $1,303
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates	$390 – $6584 plans	$867 – $1,303
Medicaid (state program)Insurer rates	$374 – $4201 plan	$833
Medicare (traditional)Insurer rates	$405 – $4551 plan	$348
Other government programInsurer rates	$321 – $7022 plans	$321 – $1,391
UnknownInsurer rates	$399 – $7086 plans	$399 – $1,403
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	$561 – $630	$1,247
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	$701 – $787	$1,559

Lowest and highest amounts Cascade Medical Center lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Bills to expect

The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in the rest of Washington for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.

Bills to expect for CPT 26600 at Cascade Medical Center
Bill	What it’s for	Original Medicare allows	Private plan estimate
Hospital's feeThe hospital	The operating or procedure room, nursing, supplies and recovery	—	The price above
Surgeon or doctor doing itThe doctor's practice	The procedure, and routine follow-up visits for 90 days	$308	$364 – $552
AnesthesiaAn anesthesia group (only sometimes)	Anesthesia or deep sedation, if you need itOnly if an anesthesia team is part of your care. Its amount depends on how long it takes.	—	—

Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.

Compare CPT 26600 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.