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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

Colorado 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?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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 7 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$1,660 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$3,388 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,266
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $6,166professional $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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,943.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,235.94
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado $2,818 · 10th 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.