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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

West Virginia 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?

$1,784

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,784 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$933$851 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$851 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,344Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,259
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $851professional $933

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
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$6,165.95
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 49th of 50

$1,784

$933 physician + $851 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.