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Repair Of A Hand Or Finger Bone That Failed To Heal

Arizona 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?

$3,951

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,951 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$933 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,349 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,762
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,951professional $1,000

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
$977.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$19,952.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 38th of 51

$3,951

$1,000 physician + $2,951 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.