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Reattachment of a Severed Finger

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 20816

Reattaches a finger that has been completely cut off. The bone is fixed first, then the tendons are repaired and the tiny arteries, veins and nerves are stitched back together under a microscope so that blood flows through the finger again and it can survive.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Reattachment of a Severed Finger cost?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,570$1,995 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,399 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $933 to $18,197Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $3,890
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $2,570

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,595.87
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$39,810.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Louisiana· 28th of 51

$2,692

CA $7,586DE $2,042

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.