go back

Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

Minnesota 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$1,995$1,479 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,399 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $3,162
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,266professional $1,995

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
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,715.35
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $2,089 · 5th 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.