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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 October 2026.

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

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$912$851 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,549 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,965Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,318
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $912

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
$912.01
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,778.28
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
6 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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$630.96

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$933

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.