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Thumb Tendon Transfer Reconstruction With Graft

New York 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?

$4,925

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,925 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$851$741 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,042 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $9,772Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,514
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $851

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
$1,819.70
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,912.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,548.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
15 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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$489.78
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$234.42
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96

Where New York 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

New York· 12th of 51

$4,925

$851 physician + $4,074 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.