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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Mississippi 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?

$3,284

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,284 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,288$776 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,202 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,862
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $1,288

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
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
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
$389.05
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 47th of 51

$3,284

$1,288 physician + $1,995 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.