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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

Arizona 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?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 5 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$1,738$1,514 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,188 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $4,266
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,467professional $1,738

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona $2,138 · 27th 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.