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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

Iowa 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?

$5,370

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,129 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 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$5,129$3,388 to $7,244
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$4,786 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $12,882Professionalmedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $10,965
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $5,129

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
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$20,417.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,549.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$13,182.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$25,118.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$5,370

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.