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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

Alaska rates for HCPCS 26550

Surgery that moves one of the fingers, along with its tendons, nerves and blood vessels, into the position and angle of a thumb. It gives a working, opposable thumb to someone born without one or who has lost one, so the hand can pinch and grip.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger cost?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,074$1,549 to $6,761
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,950 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $11,220Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $8,913
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,090professional $4,074

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,370.32
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,332.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in California than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $3,981 · 4th of 51
CA $6,918DE $1,660

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.