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Biopsy Of A Knuckle Joint Through An Incision

Utah 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?

$3,846

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,846 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$331 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$3,020 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $457 to $6,026Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,950
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $457

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
$457.09
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$630.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44

Where Utah 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

Utah· 17th of 50

$3,846

$457 physician + $3,388 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.