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Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

Kentucky 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$813$708 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,072 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,128Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,259
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $813

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
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 42nd of 51

$832

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.