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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

South 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?

$3,027

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,027 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$1,514$891 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,288 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $1,514

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where South 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

South Dakota· 43rd of 50

$3,027

$1,514 physician + $1,514 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.