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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Colorado 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?

$12,450

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,450 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,220 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,000 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,220$3,631 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,220 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $21,380Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,220professional $1,230

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,949.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,737.80
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$12,450

$1,230 physician + $11,220 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.