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Repair Of A Hand Or Finger Bone That Failed To Heal

New Mexico 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?

$5,554

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$1,072 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,622 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $871 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,738
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,266professional $1,288

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,479.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,165.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 19th of 51

$5,554

$1,288 physician + $4,266 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.