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Tendon Transfer On The Back Of The Hand

Washington 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?

$2,750

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,750 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$209 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,514 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $12,589Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,660
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $661

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
$1,174.90
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,258.93
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$12,302.69
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,244.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,162.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,782.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Washington 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

Washington· 47th of 51

$2,750

$661 physician + $2,089 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.