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Reattachment of a Severed Finger

New Jersey 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?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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$2,188$1,995 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$4,786 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $13,490Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $6,310
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $2,188

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
$3,548.13
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,162.28
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,511.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 39th of 51

$2,344

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.