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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

Tennessee 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?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 5 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$3,981$3,162 to $5,248
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,512 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $9,772Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $7,079
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $3,981

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
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,079.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$26,302.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24,547.09
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$3,981

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.