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Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand

Arizona 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?

$1,568

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,568 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$309$288 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$692 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,786Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $309

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
6 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
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 35th of 51

$1,568

$309 physician + $1,259 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.