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Biopsy Of A Knuckle Joint Through An Incision

Colorado 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?

$5,978

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,978 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$355$347 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$3,020 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $447 to $12,882Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $316 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $355

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
$354.81
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 5th of 50

$5,978

$355 physician + $5,623 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.