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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Idaho 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?

$4,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$1,380$955 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,479 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $955 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $1,380

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
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$23,442.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,511.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 32nd of 50

$4,769

$1,380 physician + $3,388 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.