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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Alabama 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?

$4,074

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$741 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,622 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $5,012Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $912

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
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 40th of 50

$4,074

$912 physician + $3,162 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.