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Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand

Illinois 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?

$3,363

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,363 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$676 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,122 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,623Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,230
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $851

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
$676.08
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,818.38
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 15th of 51

$3,363

$851 physician + $2,512 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.