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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Indiana 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?

$23,278

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23,278 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $22,387 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$832 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$22,387$7,943 to $30,903

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22,387 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $35,481Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,549
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $22,387professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$23,278

$891 physician + $22,387 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.