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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

Iowa 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?

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,630 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 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$2,630$1,660 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$3,020 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $8,128Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $6,166
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,467professional $2,630

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
$2,630.27
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$12,022.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $2,630 · 14th 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.