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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Iowa 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?

$6,143

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,143 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$1,380 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,042 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $1,778

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
$1,380.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,120.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,162.28
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$398.11
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 51

$6,143

$1,778 physician + $4,365 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.