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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

Alabama rates for HCPCS 26556

A whole joint is taken from a toe, with its blood vessels attached, and transferred to replace a destroyed or missing joint in the hand. The vessels are stitched to vessels at the new site under a microscope so the transferred joint stays alive and can bend.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand cost?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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$3,548$2,884 to $5,370
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$1,905 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $10,233Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $6,457
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $3,548

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
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Minnesota 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$3,802

MN $8,128KY $3,236

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.