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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 July 2026.

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

$4,219

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,219 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$2,399$832 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,096 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,677
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $2,399

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,011.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.3 times more in Indiana 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 38th of 50

$4,219

$2,399 physician + $1,820 facility

IN $23,278MD $1,746

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.