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Tendon Transfer On The Back Of The Hand

Oklahoma 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?

$7,584

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,584 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$977$851 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$3,020 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $12,589Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,457
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,607professional $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
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 5th of 51

$7,584

$977 physician + $6,607 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.