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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

South 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?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $10,471 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$3,548$3,311 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,471$4,365 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $21,878Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $6,026
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $10,471professional $3,548

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
$3,890.45
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$3,890

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.