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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

New Hampshire 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?

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$2,455$2,188 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$2,239 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $6,310Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,467
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $2,455

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,011.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,073.80
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 16th of 51

$2,512

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.