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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

New York 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?

$4,266

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,715 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 9 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$3,715$3,236 to $5,495
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,890 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $11,749Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $9,550
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $3,715

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
$2,630.27
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,585.78
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$37,153.52
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$12,022.64
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,943.28
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$15,488.17
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$14,791.08
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where New York 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.

New York· 21st of 51

$4,266

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.