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Biopsy Of A Knuckle Joint Through An Incision

New Jersey 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?

$6,252

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,252 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$363$331 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$4,365 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $10,965Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $363

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,096.48
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,595.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 4th of 50

$6,252

$363 physician + $5,888 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.