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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

Oklahoma 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?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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$1,585 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$1,738 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,512
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $5,012professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma $2,138 · 26th 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.