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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

Louisiana 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,042 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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$2,042$1,585 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,514 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $891 to $5,888Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $3,090
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $2,042

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
$660.69
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Louisiana· 34th of 51

$2,089

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.