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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Kansas 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?

$5,276

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,276 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$1,202$1,000 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,754 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,457
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,074professional $1,202

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
$1,819.70
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 24th of 51

$5,276

$1,202 physician + $4,074 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.