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Removing Diseased Bone From a Hand Bone

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 26230

Removes a diseased section of one of the long bones in the palm of the hand, shaving or scooping out the affected part while leaving the rest of the bone in place. It is most often done to clear a bone infection by taking out dead bone that antibiotics cannot reach.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing Diseased Bone From a Hand Bone cost?

$3,311

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,479 to $4,169.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,607
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311

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
$891.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,456.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Louisiana· 31st of 50

$3,311

IN $10,233WV $490

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.