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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

North Carolina 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?

$3,867

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$1,413$1,096 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,445 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $871 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,344
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,413

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
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$3,867

$1,413 physician + $2,455 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.