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Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand

North Carolina 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?

$2,447

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,447 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$813 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$708 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,169Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $933

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
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
8 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
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$2,447

$933 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.