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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,467 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$3,467$3,090 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,631 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $8,511Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $5,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $3,467

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
$1,445.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,309.57
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,981.07
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 46th 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.