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Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand

Florida 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?

$1,575

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,575 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$257$214 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$741 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,026Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $76 to $417
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $257

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
$549.54
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
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
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88

Where Florida 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

Florida· 34th of 51

$1,575

$257 physician + $1,318 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.