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Thumb Tendon Transfer Reconstruction With Graft

Maine 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?

$3,387

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,387 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$1,072 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$2,188 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $813 to $3,890Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,778
$1K$2Kfacility $2,239professional $1,148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
12 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
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33

Where Maine 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

Maine· 32nd of 51

$3,387

$1,148 physician + $2,239 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.