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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$1,660$1,549 to $2,042
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,905 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $2,630
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,802professional $1,660

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
$1,047.13
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,388.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,570.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,995.26
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,019.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania $1,738 · 44th 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.