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Hand Tendon Transfer Surgery With A Tendon Graft

Ohio rates for HCPCS 26489

This surgery restores hand function by rerouting a working tendon to take over the job of one that no longer works, and adds a piece of donor tendon to bridge the distance needed. It is used when nerve or tendon injury has left part of the hand unable to move normally on its own. The added graft tissue allows the transfer to reach and connect properly even when the original tendon path is too short.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hand Tendon Transfer Surgery With A Tendon Graft cost?

$3,433

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,433 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$224 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,023 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,233Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $741

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
$2,344.23
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 36th of 51

$3,433

$741 physician + $2,692 facility

WI $9,117KS $2,643

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.