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Thumb Tendon Transfer Reconstruction With Graft

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,954

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,954 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$912$871 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,288 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $724 to $5,888Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $912

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
$870.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,949.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,737.80
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
10 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
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$97.72
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$97.72

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 42nd of 51

$2,954

$912 physician + $2,042 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.