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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Nebraska 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?

$9,356

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,356 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$851 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$6,310 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,898
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $1,413

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
$7,079.46
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,897.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 8th of 50

$9,356

$1,413 physician + $7,943 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.