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Finger or Thumb Amputation With Flap Closure

Delaware rates for HCPCS 26952

Removes a finger or thumb at a joint or through a bone, trimming back the cut nerve ends so a painful nerve lump is less likely to form. Rather than simply stitching the skin edges together, nearby skin and soft tissue is advanced over the end to give durable padded coverage over the bone. It covers one digit.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Finger or Thumb Amputation With Flap Closure cost?

$1,964

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,964 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$603 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$631 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,236Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$17,378.01
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Delaware· 49th of 51

$1,964

$646 physician + $1,318 facility

AK $6,709WV $1,616

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.