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Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

Oregon 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 October 2026.

How much does Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle cost?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,479$1,202 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$1,413 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $871 to $2,291
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $1,479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,290.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$12,882.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Oregon· 10th of 51

$1,549

AK $3,467TX $468

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.