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Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand

South 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?

$2,395

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,395 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$617$372 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$955 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,244Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $105 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $617

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
$758.58
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
7 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
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84

Where South 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

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$2,395

$617 physician + $1,778 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.