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Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand

Kansas 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?

$2,342

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,342 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$437$363 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,023 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,074Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $437

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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
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
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 16th of 51

$2,342

$437 physician + $1,905 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.