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Biopsy Of A Knuckle Joint Through An Incision

Missouri 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?

$2,260

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,260 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$398$347 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,175 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,248Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $398

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
$812.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 33rd of 50

$2,260

$398 physician + $1,862 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.