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Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

Missouri 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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$977$851 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,512 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $7,943Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,311
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,715professional $977

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,786.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri $1,479 · 12th 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.