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Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 26437

Repositions and holds a straightening tendon that has slipped off the top of a knuckle to one side, so it sits centered again over the joint. The tissue that keeps the tendon in place is tightened or reconstructed. One tendon is treated at a time, and the hand is splinted afterwards while it settles.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand cost?

$2,290

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,290 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$741$708 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$871 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,802Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $603 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $741

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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

Arkansas· 38th of 51

$2,290

$741 physician + $1,549 facility

AK $6,645WV $1,559

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.