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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Minnesota 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?

$6,987

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,987 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,089$1,549 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,455 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $21,380Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,236
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,898professional $2,089

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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$32,359.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,890.45
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 16th of 50

$6,987

$2,089 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.