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Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

Alaska rates for HCPCS 26494

Restores the ability to swing the thumb across the palm to meet the other fingers, a movement that is lost when the muscle responsible stops working. A muscle from the little-finger side of the palm is redirected and attached so that it takes over that job.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle cost?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,344$794 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$1,122 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $933 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $741 to $4,467
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $2,344

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,570.40
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,677.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in California than in New Mexico. 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$2,138

CA $5,012NM $871

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.