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Opening The Wrist Joint To Explore Or Drain

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 25040

Opens the wrist joint through an incision so the surgeon can look inside it, wash out infected or built-up fluid, or take out a foreign object. Working under direct view allows the joint to be inspected and cleaned out thoroughly.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opening The Wrist Joint To Explore Or Drain cost?

$2,766

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,766 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$724$95.50 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,738 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $6,026Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $30 to $759
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $724

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
$1,479.11
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
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
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Wisconsin 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· 38th of 51

$2,766

$724 physician + $2,042 facility

WI $7,546MT $1,803

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.