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Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand

Oregon 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?

$1,234

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,234 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$468 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$550 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $437 to $4,571Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $339 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $589

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
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,456.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
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
$186.21
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 47th of 51

$1,234

$589 physician + $646 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.