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Biopsy Of A Knuckle Joint Through An Incision

Delaware 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?

$3,583

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$331 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,318 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $100 to $7,244Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $302 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $347

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
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 18th of 50

$3,583

$347 physician + $3,236 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.