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Tendon Transfer To Restore Hand Function, All Fingers

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 26498

This surgery reroutes a tendon to take over the job of small muscles inside the hand that normally help the fingers move precisely, restoring that function across all four fingers. It is used when nerve damage has left these small hand muscles unable to work on their own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tendon Transfer To Restore Hand Function, All Fingers cost?

$4,973

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,973 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$1,585$1,259 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,512 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,388
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $1,585

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,235.94
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$33,884.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$33,884.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Massachusetts· 32nd of 50

$4,973

$1,585 physician + $3,388 facility

IN $11,463MD $2,110

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.