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Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand

Montana 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?

$1,050

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,050 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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$513$347 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$537 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,413Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $245 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $513

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,050

$513 physician + $537 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.