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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

South 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 July 2026.

How much does Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction cost?

$9,913

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,913 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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$1,000$851 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$1,549 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,042
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $8,913professional $1,000

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
$1,000.00
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 7th of 50

$9,913

$1,000 physician + $8,913 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.