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Tendon Transfer On The Back Of The Hand

North Carolina 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?

$3,330

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,330 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$1,380$933 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,202 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $813 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,344
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $1,380

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
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
12 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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$3,330

$1,380 physician + $1,950 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.