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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

Kentucky 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$1,585$1,380 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,380 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,266Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,455
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $1,585

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$12,022.64
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,818.38
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 44th of 51

$1,585

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.