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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

New York 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?

$7,584

Typical total for the visit. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,584 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$832 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$3,236 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $14,454Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,570
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,607professional $977

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
$1,122.02
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,089.30
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,630.27
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,041.74
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,073.80
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where New York 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

New York· 12th of 50

$7,584

$977 physician + $6,607 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.