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Thumb Base Joint Fusion With Graft

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 26842

This procedure permanently fuses the joint at the base of the thumb, where the thumb meets the wrist, using a piece of bone graft to help the two bones grow together into one solid unit. It is done to relieve pain and instability from arthritis or injury when other treatments have not worked. Fusing the joint eliminates motion there but can significantly reduce pain.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thumb Base Joint Fusion With Graft cost?

$4,852

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,852 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$724 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,202 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $933 to $15,136Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,950
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,981professional $871

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,884.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 14.3 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNew Mexico $4,852 · 30th of 50
IN $23,238MD $1,630

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.