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Tendon Transfer On The Back Of The Hand

Virginia 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?

$6,325

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,325 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$871 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,778 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $955 to $11,220Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,380
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $955

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
$933.25
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$660.69

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 7th of 51

$6,325

$955 physician + $5,370 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.