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Biopsy Of A Knuckle Joint Through An Incision

Alaska rates for HCPCS 26105

This procedure opens a knuckle joint — the joint where a finger meets the hand, not one of the joints farther out between the finger bones — through a small incision so a tissue sample can be taken directly from inside the joint. It is used to investigate unexplained joint swelling, pain, or a suspected growth when imaging or fluid sampling alone has not given a clear answer. The joint is then closed and typically splinted briefly afterward.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Biopsy Of A Knuckle Joint Through An Incision cost?

$1,647

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,647 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$955$316 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$437 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $355 to $5,888Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $955

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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· 40th of 50

$1,647

$955 physician + $692 facility

IN $9,687MD $702

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.