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Opening a Small Joint in the Hand

Vermont 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?

$1,760

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,760 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$398 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,259 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,631Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $380 to $708
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $501

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83

Where Vermont 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

Vermont· 41st of 51

$1,760

$501 physician + $1,259 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.