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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 October 2026.

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

$3,815

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,815 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,820$1,288 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,288 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $4,074Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,344
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $1,820

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 36th of 51

$3,815

$1,820 physician + $1,995 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.