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Opening The Wrist Joint To Explore Or Drain

Massachusetts 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?

$2,476

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,476 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$692 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$776 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,623Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,981
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,513.56
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,454.71
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
7 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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 46th of 51

$2,476

$891 physician + $1,585 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.