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Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand

Oklahoma 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?

$4,262

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,262 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$372$309 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,148 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,318Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $269 to $3,388
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $372

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 2nd of 51

$4,262

$372 physician + $3,890 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.