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Tendon Transfer in the Hand

Utah rates for HCPCS 26480

Moves a working tendon in the hand to a new attachment so it can take over the job of a tendon or muscle that is torn, paralysed or no longer working. The tendon is detached from its original insertion, rerouted, and stitched to its new place under the right tension. The hand is splinted afterwards and retrained with therapy so the transferred tendon learns its new task.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tendon Transfer in the Hand cost?

$5,768

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,768 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$398$110 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,162 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,511Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $59 to $692
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,370professional $398

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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
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
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Vermont 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$5,768

$398 physician + $5,370 facility

VT $11,329WV $2,273

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.