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Biopsy Of A Knuckle Joint Through An Incision

Kansas 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?

$3,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$347 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,380 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $490 to $7,943Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $331 to $550
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $468

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
$1,348.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 22nd of 50

$3,159

$468 physician + $2,692 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.