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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Tendon transfer on back of hand or finger, without graft

CPT 26480the billing code this page is about

Surgery that moves or re-routes a tendon on the back of the hand or finger to restore movement, using the patient's own tendon without adding a tendon graft; billed per tendon.

Hospitals typically charge $2,921 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 607 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,918. Most fall between $1,335 and $4,922 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
607
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 607 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$937$1,472$2,921$4,378$8,140

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($937 vs $8,140).

How the prices are spread

$736 – $973: 34 hospitals$736$973 – $1,286: 46 hospitals$1,286 – $1,700: 78 hospitals$1,286$1,700 – $2,248: 70 hospitals$2,248 – $2,971: 53 hospitals$2,248$2,971 – $3,928: 85 hospitals$3,928 – $5,193: 94 hospitals$3,928$5,193 – $6,866: 48 hospitals$6,866 – $9,077: 23 hospitals$6,866$9,077 – $12,000: 16 hospitals$9,077median $2,921price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (547 of 607 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$736$97334
$973$1,28646
$1,286$1,70078
$1,700$2,24870
$2,248$2,97153
$2,971$3,92885
$3,928$5,19394
$5,193$6,86648
$6,866$9,07723
$9,077$12,00016

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,921
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.87×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,921.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,720 across 15 hospitalsWA$2,720Idaho: median $3,605 across 14 hospitalsID$3,605Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,696 across 27 hospitalsMN$3,696Illinois: median $1,615 across 18 hospitalsIL$1,615Wisconsin: median $4,276 across 32 hospitalsWI$4,276Michigan: median $1,304 across 33 hospitalsMI$1,304New York: median $3,840 across 36 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,724 across 16 hospitalsOR$1,724Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,872 across 25 hospitalsIA$1,872Indiana: median $1,271 across 11 hospitalsIN$1,271Ohio: median $2,340 across 17 hospitalsOH$2,340Pennsylvania: median $2,604 across 27 hospitalsPA$2,604New Jersey: median $4,330 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,134 across 54 hospitalsCA$2,134Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $4,802 across 15 hospitalsCO$4,802Nebraska: median $2,381 across 12 hospitalsNE$2,381Missouri: median $1,430 across 13 hospitalsMO$1,430Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,640 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,640Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,350 across 31 hospitalsTX$3,350Florida: median $4,637 across 19 hospitalsFL$4,637
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,921. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Colorado CO15$4,802+64%$1,538 – $8,676
Florida FL19$4,637+59%$2,340 – $5,783
New Jersey NJ31$4,330+48%$3,591 – $5,339
Wisconsin WI32$4,276+46%$3,610 – $6,671
New York NY36$3,840+31%$1,237 – $3,884
Minnesota MN27$3,696+27%$1,737 – $4,340
Idaho ID14$3,605+23%$1,803 – $8,372
Texas TX31$3,350+15%$2,550 – $5,317
Washington WA15$2,720−7%$1,615 – $4,504
Pennsylvania PA27$2,604−11%$467 – $6,637
Nebraska NE12$2,381−18%$1,570 – $2,604
Ohio OH17$2,340−20%$1,353 – $3,553
California CA54$2,134−27%$1,472 – $4,021
Iowa IA25$1,872−36%$1,502 – $2,070
Oregon OR16$1,724−41%$1,335 – $2,661
Oklahoma OK15$1,640−44%$1,640 – $6,049
Illinois IL18$1,615−45%$866 – $3,837
Missouri MO13$1,430−51%$1,196 – $4,676
Michigan MI33$1,304−55%$1,266 – $4,499
Indiana IN11$1,271−56%$866 – $3,733
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,921.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care447$3,342$1,420 – $5,562
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access147$2,109$1,266 – $4,276
Ownership
For-profit64$4,187$1,699 – $8,313
Government109$2,094$1,420 – $4,710
Non-profit434$2,921$1,304 – $4,521
System affiliation
Part of a system467$3,350$1,472 – $5,317
Independent140$2,034$1,201 – $4,233

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,600
Median cash price$2,921
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

321 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,067 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,616; most fall between $1,246 and $4,340.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 321 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$870$1,363$2,067$4,276$6,653

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($870 vs $6,653).

Of the 355 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 321 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

607 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 677 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted607
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here44
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code677

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tr/Trnspl Tdn Carp/Mtcrpl Hand W/O Fr Grf Ea Tdn.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Tendon transfer on back of hand or finger, without graft (CPT 26480) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26480-tendon-transfer-on-back-of-hand-or-finger-without-graft