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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

New Mexico 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?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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$1,549$1,445 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,820 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $5,248
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,291professional $1,549

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
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,235.94
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico $1,698 · 49th 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.