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Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand

Michigan 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?

$2,763

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,763 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$813$692 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$977 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,074Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $813

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
$831.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$891.25
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
12 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
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 26th of 51

$2,763

$813 physician + $1,950 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.