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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Alaska rates for HCPCS 26390

When a tendon in the hand or fingers is too damaged to repair directly, a surgeon may remove the injured tendon and place a smooth, flexible rod in its place to hold open a channel through the surrounding tissue. This is the first step of a two-stage reconstruction: the body forms a new lining around the rod over several weeks or months, and a real tendon graft is threaded through that channel in a later procedure. It is generally used for severe or long-standing tendon injuries where a one-step repair is not possible.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction cost?

$12,963

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,963 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,631 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,631$2,188 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$5,623 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $16,596Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $933 to $4,169
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,333professional $3,631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$25,703.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 1st of 51

$12,963

$3,631 physician + $9,333 facility

AK $12,963MT $2,892

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.