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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

Montana 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?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$2,344$1,862 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$2,692 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $3,388Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,467
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,818professional $2,344

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,754.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Montana 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.

Montana $2,692 · 11th 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.