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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Nevada 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?

$5,483

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,483 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$912$759 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,660 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $9,333Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,413
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $912

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
$954.99
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 22nd of 51

$5,483

$912 physician + $4,571 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.