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Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand

New Jersey 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?

$2,570

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$331$295 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,380 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,918Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $263 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $331

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
$3,890.45
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$691.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
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
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$223.87

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 11th of 51

$2,570

$331 physician + $2,239 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.