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Opening a Small Joint in the Hand

Missouri 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?

$2,853

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,853 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$398$347 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,445 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $724 to $8,913Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,455professional $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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
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
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 16th of 51

$2,853

$398 physician + $2,455 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.