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Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

North Carolina 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?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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$1,230$871 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$1,047 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,239
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,380professional $1,230

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
$831.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $1,230 · 25th 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.