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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 October 2026.

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

$5,362

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,362 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,096$955 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,778 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,096

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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,202.26
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$5,362

$1,096 physician + $4,266 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.