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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Arizona 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?

$5,256

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,256 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$813 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,884 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $7,943Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $891

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 27th of 50

$5,256

$891 physician + $4,365 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.