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Tendon Transfer On The Back Of The Hand

Massachusetts 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?

$3,265

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,265 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,148 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,096 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $724 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,607
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $1,445

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,606.93
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
8 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
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 39th of 51

$3,265

$1,445 physician + $1,820 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.