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Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

North Dakota 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$1,660$871 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$813 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,188
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $871professional $1,660

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
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota $1,660 · 6th 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.