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Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand

Nevada 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?

$2,077

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,077 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$339$288 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$776 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,467Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $245 to $537
$10$100$1Kfacility $1,738professional $339

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
$338.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$467.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$239.88

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 19th of 51

$2,077

$339 physician + $1,738 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.