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Tendon Transfer On The Back Of The Hand

South 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?

$3,365

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,365 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$282 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,318 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $851 to $13,183Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,175
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $794

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
$1,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
11 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
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78

Where South 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

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$3,365

$794 physician + $2,570 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.