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Tendon Transfer On The Back Of The Hand

Indiana 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?

$5,989

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,989 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$977$813 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,239 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $977 to $14,791Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,413
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $977

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
$812.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,677.35
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 8th of 51

$5,989

$977 physician + $5,012 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.