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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 October 2026.

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

$6,761

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,761 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,761 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6,761$4,266 to $7,079
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$3,548 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $11,482Professionalmedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $8,128
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $6,761

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,370.32
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$11,481.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,912.51
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$6,761

AK $6,761TX $871

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.