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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

South Dakota 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?

$2,951

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 7 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$2,951$1,660 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,399 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $4,677
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $2,951

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$12,022.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in California than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

South Dakota· 9th of 51

$2,951

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.