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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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$1,738$1,549 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$4,786 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $6,166
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $6,457professional $1,738

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,248.07
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,982.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey $2,089 · 32nd 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.