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Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand

Rhode Island 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?

$2,808

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,808 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$776 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$891 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,012Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
3 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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 24th of 51

$2,808

$813 physician + $1,995 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.