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Hand Tendon Rod Placement For Staged Reconstruction

Wyoming 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?

$9,628

Typical total for the visit. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,628 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,042$1,698 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$4,467 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $11,749Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $2,042

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
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 4th of 51

$9,628

$2,042 physician + $7,586 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.