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Opening a Small Joint in the Hand

Iowa 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?

$3,496

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,496 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$550 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$933 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,762Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $741

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
$602.56
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
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
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 11th of 51

$3,496

$741 physician + $2,754 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.