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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Illinois 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?

$7,010

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,010 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$891 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,512 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,622
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $1,122

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
$891.25
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 9th of 51

$7,010

$1,122 physician + $5,888 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.