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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Missouri 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?

$4,715

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,715 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$1,000$871 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,089 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,020
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $1,000

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 29th of 51

$4,715

$1,000 physician + $3,715 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.