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Thumb Opposition Surgery, Standard Tendon Transfer

Indiana rates for HCPCS 26490

This is a hand surgery that restores the thumb's ability to swing across the palm and touch the fingertips, using a standard tendon-transfer technique that reroutes one of the finger tendons to power that motion. It may also include deepening the web space between the thumb and the rest of the hand.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thumb Opposition Surgery, Standard Tendon Transfer cost?

$11,084

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,084 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$794 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$6,457 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $17,783Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $851

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
$1,122.02
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$11,084

$851 physician + $10,233 facility

IN $11,084WV $1,684

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.