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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$4,074$3,467 to $6,166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,548 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $12,589Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $8,913
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $4,074

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
$1,659.59
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$26,302.68
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24,547.09
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 25th 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.