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Repair Of A Hand Or Finger Bone That Failed To Heal

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 26546

Treats a broken bone in the hand or a finger that has not knitted together. The surgeon clears the unhealed gap, takes a bone graft from the patient's own body and packs it in, and holds the bone steady with wires, screws, or a plate so it can finally join. Taking the graft and placing the hardware are part of the service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Hand Or Finger Bone That Failed To Heal cost?

$4,642

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$1,096 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,585 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $977 to $1,549
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,175

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
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
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Arkansas· 30th of 51

$4,642

$1,175 physician + $3,467 facility

AK $12,209DE $3,093

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.