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Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand

Florida 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?

$2,015

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,015 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$389 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$776 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $550 to $11,749Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $89 to $813
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,514professional $501

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
$616.60
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$645.65
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
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19

Where Florida 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

Florida· 47th of 51

$2,015

$501 physician + $1,514 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.