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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

Connecticut 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?

$5,129

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,365 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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 5 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$4,365$3,162 to $6,761
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$5,888 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $12,882Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $10,471
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $4,365

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
$4,897.79
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 13th of 51

$5,129

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.