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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Utah 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?

$7,285

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,285 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$1,259$851 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,388 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,898
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $1,259

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
$1,148.15
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,862.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,584.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$21,379.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Utah 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

Utah· 14th of 50

$7,285

$1,259 physician + $6,026 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.