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Tendon Transfer On The Back Of The Hand

Ohio 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?

$3,383

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,383 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$692$224 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,023 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,233Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $692

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
$2,344.23
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
9 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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 32nd of 51

$3,383

$692 physician + $2,692 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.