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Thumb Rebuilt With Great-Toe Tissue And Bone Graft

Iowa rates for HCPCS 26551

Microsurgery that rebuilds a missing thumb using the soft-tissue covering of the great toe: the skin, nail and pulp are lifted from the toe with their own artery, veins and nerves, wrapped around a bone graft shaped to form the new thumb, and the vessels and nerves are joined to those of the hand under a microscope. The skeleton of the great toe stays in the foot, and the raw area left there is resurfaced. The rebuilt thumb is intended to restore pinch and grip.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thumb Rebuilt With Great-Toe Tissue And Bone Graft cost?

$5,129

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$5,012$3,311 to $7,244
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$4,571 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $11,482Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $10,471
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $5,012

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
$4,168.69
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,332.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$23,988.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$11,481.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$5,129

AK $8,128KY $3,162

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.