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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

South Carolina 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?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 6 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$1,549 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$2,570 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $19,498Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,951
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,623professional $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
$1,905.46
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina $1,905 · 39th 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.