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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Tennessee 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?

$5,028

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,028 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$851 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,455 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $1,047

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
$1,096.48
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$33,884.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 29th of 50

$5,028

$1,047 physician + $3,981 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.