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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

Hawaii 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?

$2,291

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,698 to $4,467.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,890Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $5,370
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,818professional $2,291

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
$371.54
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,511.89
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii $2,291 · 24th 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.