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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

West Virginia 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 West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 4 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 $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$1,622 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,692Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $2,291
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,622professional $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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,819.70
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia $1,738 · 45th 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.