go back

Tendon Transfer for Ring and Little Finger

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 26497

Surgery that reroutes a working tendon in the hand so it takes over the job of small hand muscles that no longer work in the ring and little fingers. Restoring that pull lets those fingers straighten and bend together instead of curling into a claw position. It is done when nerve damage has left the small muscles inside the hand paralyzed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tendon Transfer for Ring and Little Finger cost?

$4,597

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,597 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,549 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,905 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $1,905

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$4,597

$1,905 physician + $2,692 facility

AK $8,081HI $2,620

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.