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Biopsy Of A Knuckle Joint Through An Incision

Minnesota 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?

$3,070

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,070 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$603 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,000 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $550 to $11,482Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,239professional $832

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 24th of 50

$3,070

$832 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.