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Biopsy Of A Knuckle Joint Through An Incision

Georgia 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?

$3,975

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,975 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$427$347 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,380 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,413Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $309 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $427

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
$524.81
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,606.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 16th of 50

$3,975

$427 physician + $3,548 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.