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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 October 2026.

How much does Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger cost?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,698$1,514 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,291 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,698

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,302.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 38th of 51

$1,738

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.