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Thumb Tendon Transfer Reconstruction With Graft

Maryland 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 July 2026.

How much does Thumb Tendon Transfer Reconstruction With Graft cost?

$977

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $871 to $1,023.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $513 to $2,239Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,479
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $977

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.2 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$977

CA $5,012DE $955

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.