CPT code 26412: Tendon repair, hand, secondary with graft2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Minnesota

In Minnesota, Medicare pays $679.83 for 26412 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 26412 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 26412 covers

This code covers secondary reconstruction of an extensor tendon in the hand when a free tendon graft is needed to bridge a defect or restore tendon length and continuity. It is generally performed by a hand, orthopedic, or plastic surgeon in an operating room, often for a delayed tendon injury or a tendon that cannot be repaired directly because of a gap or scarring. The graft may be harvested during the procedure; obtaining the graft is included in this service.

Report the code for each tendon treated, and document the hand tendon involved, the secondary nature of the repair, why direct repair was inadequate, and the graft used. The service has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during that period. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Minnesota compares for 26412

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 26412 runs from $613.22 in Arkansas to $896.08 in San Benito County, CA. Minnesota pays $679.83. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

Every other payment area

26412 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

See 26412 in every payment locality

How the 26412 rate is calculated

Each of 26412’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 26412

26412 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 26412

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 26412 has changed in Minnesota

Price 26412 for an earlier date of service

Where the Minnesota rate applies

Minnesota is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 916 cities and communities in Minnesota. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ada
• Adams
• Adrian
• Afton
• Aitkin
• Akeley
• Albany
• Albert Lea

Browse all communities in Minnesota

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

Open CMS sourceHow we calculate rates