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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

North Dakota 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?

$2,589

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$1,698$891 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$851 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $891professional $1,698

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
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 48th of 50

$2,589

$1,698 physician + $891 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.