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Tendon Transfer To Restore Hand Function, All Fingers

Minnesota 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?

$7,605

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,605 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$2,818$2,042 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$3,311 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $11,749Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $2,818

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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 13th of 50

$7,605

$2,818 physician + $4,786 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.