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Biopsy Of A Knuckle Joint Through An Incision

Alabama 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?

$2,234

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,234 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$295 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,096 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,884Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $269 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $372

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 34th of 50

$2,234

$372 physician + $1,862 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.