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Opening the Elbow Joint to Drain or Explore

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 24000

Opens the elbow joint through an incision so the surgeon can look inside, wash out infected fluid, or take out a loose fragment or foreign object. It is most often needed for a joint infection, where pus has to be flushed out quickly before it destroys the cartilage. The joint is irrigated and then closed, sometimes over a drain.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opening the Elbow Joint to Drain or Explore cost?

$2,436

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,436 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$81.28 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,549 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $5,495Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $30 to $661
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $617

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
$1,318.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. 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

Hawaii· 43rd of 51

$2,436

$617 physician + $1,820 facility

OK $7,494MT $1,553

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.