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Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand

Connecticut 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?

$6,370

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,370 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$933 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,512 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,122

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$6,370

$1,122 physician + $5,248 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.