go back

Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

Illinois 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?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,890 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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 6 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$3,890$3,162 to $5,888
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$2,089 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $11,220Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $7,943
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,169professional $3,890

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$75,857.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$18,197.01
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 28th of 51

$3,981

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.