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Keyhole Repair Of A Torn Thumb Knuckle Ligament

Alabama rates for HCPCS 29902

Uses a small camera and fine instruments through tiny incisions at a knuckle joint, most often the joint at the base of the thumb, to move a torn side ligament back into its correct position against the bone. When this ligament tears it can flip out of place and become trapped, so it cannot heal on its own until it is repositioned. It typically follows a fall or a forceful bend of the thumb that leaves the joint loose and painful when pinching.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Repair Of A Torn Thumb Knuckle Ligament cost?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 4 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$589$490 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,259 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,898Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $589

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 19th of 51

$933

CA $3,981DE $575

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.