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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

North Dakota 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?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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$3,236$1,660 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$1,622 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $8,511Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $4,266
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,660professional $3,236

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
$1,621.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota $3,236 · 5th 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.