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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

Kentucky 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?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,162 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 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$3,162$2,818 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,236 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $5,370
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $3,162

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
$758.58
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,495.41
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$19,054.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$3,236

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.