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Tendon Transfer On The Back Of The Hand

Alaska rates for HCPCS 26483

Moves a working tendon on the back of the hand to a new attachment point so it can take over the job of a tendon that no longer works. It is used after injury, nerve damage, or disease has left a finger or thumb unable to move properly.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tendon Transfer On The Back Of The Hand cost?

$7,717

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,717 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,548 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$3,548$2,138 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$3,548 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $10,965Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,266
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $3,548

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,897.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Kansas. 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$7,717

$3,548 physician + $4,169 facility

WI $8,857KS $2,587

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.