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Pollicization: Making a Thumb From a Finger

Wyoming 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?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,802 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,802$3,162 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$3,467 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $4,266Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $5,754
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $3,802

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 3rd of 51

$3,802

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.