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Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

Montana 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?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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 5 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$1,202$933 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$1,318 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $1,660Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,291
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,445professional $1,202

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Montana 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.

Montana $1,318 · 20th 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.