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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

Michigan 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?

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,802 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$3,802$3,090 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$4,898 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $11,749Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $6,918
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $3,802

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
$4,365.16
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$8,317.64
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 24th of 51

$4,074

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.