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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Arkansas 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?

$2,797

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,797 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$794 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,514 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $7,586Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,288
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $977

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
$977.24
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 46th of 50

$2,797

$977 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.