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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

Louisiana 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?

$3,548

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,169 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$4,169$3,236 to $5,370
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$2,089 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,413Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $6,166
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $4,169

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
$933.25
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 42nd of 51

$3,548

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.