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Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

New Mexico 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$794$741 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$1,000 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,710Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,692
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,288professional $794

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
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,884.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico $871 · 51st 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.