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Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 26070

Opens one of the joints where a finger's long hand bone meets the small bones of the wrist, so the surgeon can look inside, drain infection, or take out a loose fragment or foreign object. It is done through a short incision directly over the joint. It targets that base joint rather than the knuckle or the finger joints further out.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand cost?

$1,452

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,452 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$347 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$759 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,995Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $302 to $501
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $380

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
$380.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
8 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
$151.36
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Colorado 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

Arkansas· 38th of 51

$1,452

$380 physician + $1,072 facility

CO $4,822MT $1,050

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.