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Repair Of A Hand Or Finger Bone That Failed To Heal

Louisiana 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?

$5,487

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,487 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$1,318$1,148 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,950 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $933 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $1,318

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
$676.08
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$5,487

$1,318 physician + $4,169 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.