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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Michigan 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?

$5,875

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,875 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$977$832 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$4,898 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $8,710Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,995
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $977

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
$1,122.02
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 24th of 50

$5,875

$977 physician + $4,898 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.