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Tendon Transfer In The Hand

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 26485

Moves a working tendon in the hand to a new attachment point so it can take over a movement that a damaged, cut or paralysed tendon can no longer produce. The rerouted tendon is secured in its new position and, once healed, is retrained to do the new job.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tendon Transfer In The Hand cost?

$1,905

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,047 to $5,370.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $1,445

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 39th of 50

$1,905

IN $10,000WV $813

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.