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Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand

Michigan 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?

$1,705

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,705 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$417$355 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$871 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,754Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $316 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $417

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
$416.87
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$812.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
13 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
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 29th of 51

$1,705

$417 physician + $1,288 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.