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Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand

Rhode Island 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?

$1,811

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,811 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$339 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$891 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,898Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $295 to $575
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $398

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
3 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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 24th of 51

$1,811

$398 physician + $1,413 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.