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Toe Joint Transferred To The Hand

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,802 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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 8 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$3,802$3,388 to $5,248
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,631 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $11,749Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $7,762
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $3,802

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,244.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 29th 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.