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Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

Arkansas 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?

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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 4 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$933$776 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,230 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,802Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,230
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,820professional $933

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in California than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Arkansas $1,023 · 40th of 51
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.