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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

South Dakota 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?

$5,754

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,754 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 7 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$5,754$3,311 to $7,762
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$4,365 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $7,413Professionalmedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $9,550
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $5,754

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$25,118.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 10th of 51

$5,754

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.