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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Delaware 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?

$6,917

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,917 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$851 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$5,129 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,244Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $6,026professional $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. 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
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 17th of 50

$6,917

$891 physician + $6,026 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.