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Opening a Small Joint in the Hand

Alaska rates for HCPCS 26075

Opens a small joint of the hand through an incision so the surgeon can look inside it, wash out infection, or take out a loose fragment or foreign material. It is used when a joint is infected and needs draining, or when something inside it has to be removed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opening a Small Joint in the Hand cost?

$5,043

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,043 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$1,413$851 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,512 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,738
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $1,413

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.4 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$5,043

$1,413 physician + $3,631 facility

CO $6,102MT $1,125

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.