go back

Thumb Tendon Transfer Reconstruction With Graft

Idaho rates for HCPCS 26492

This is a hand surgery that restores the thumb's ability to swing across the palm and touch the fingertips, a movement often lost after certain nerve injuries. A tendon is rerouted to take over this motion, using a section of grafted tissue as part of the reconstruction.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Thumb Tendon Transfer Reconstruction With Graft cost?

$3,926

Typical total for the visit. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,926 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,738$1,445 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,862 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,042
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $1,738

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$6,309.57
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
21 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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

Idaho· 22nd of 51

$3,926

$1,738 physician + $2,188 facility

AK $8,167HI $2,648

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.