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Thumb Opposition Surgery Using A Hand Muscle

Virginia 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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 8 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$1,000$851 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,023 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $871 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,291
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,388professional $1,000

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
$912.01
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $1,122 · 32nd 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.