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Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand

Kansas 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?

$2,304

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,304 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$741 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,318 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,074Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,012
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,413professional $891

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 37th of 51

$2,304

$891 physician + $1,413 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.