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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Maine 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?

$3,362

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,362 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$1,072$1,000 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$2,188 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,698
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
12 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
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where Maine 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

Maine· 46th of 51

$3,362

$1,072 physician + $2,291 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.