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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

Vermont 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 October 2026.

How much does Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger cost?

$2,344

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,995 to $2,951.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,631Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $3,388
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $2,455

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Vermont· 17th of 51

$2,344

AK $6,761TX $871

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.