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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 October 2026.

How much does Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction cost?

$7,738

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,738 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$977$832 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$2,344 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $28,840Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $977

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
$831.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$33,113.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,165.95
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,748.98
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 6th of 51

$7,738

$977 physician + $6,761 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.