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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

North Carolina 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?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 6 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$2,239$1,622 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,778 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $8,710Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,467
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,630professional $2,239

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
$1,288.25
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,467.37
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$14,125.38

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $2,344 · 20th 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.