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Biopsy Of A Knuckle Joint Through An Incision

Massachusetts 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?

$2,740

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,740 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$380 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,288 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $447 to $5,623Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $501

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$977.24
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 29th of 50

$2,740

$501 physician + $2,239 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.