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Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

Florida 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 October 2026.

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

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$631$457 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,479 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,023Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,000
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,291professional $631

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
$660.69
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,230.27
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
6 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
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Florida· 49th of 51

$676

AK $3,467TX $468

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.