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Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand

Missouri 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?

$3,163

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,163 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$708$603 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,445 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $759 to $8,913Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,455professional $708

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
$1,000.00
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 17th of 51

$3,163

$708 physician + $2,455 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.