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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

New York 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?

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 9 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$1,862$1,585 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,020 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $4,677
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $4,898professional $1,862

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
$1,737.80
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,981.07
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,079.46
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,025.60
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,244.36
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where New York 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 York $2,455 · 16th 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.