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Tendon Transfer On The Back Of The Hand

Louisiana 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?

$3,416

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,416 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$1,072$977 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,820 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $1,072

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
$676.08
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$3,416

$1,072 physician + $2,344 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.