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Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

Colorado 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?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $6,607 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 7 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$871$851 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,607$3,548 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $13,183Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,291
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $6,607professional $871

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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado $1,622 · 8th 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.