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Partial Removal Of A Diseased Fingertip Bone

Iowa rates for HCPCS 26236

The diseased part of the bone in the fingertip, the last small bone of the finger, is removed while the rest of the bone is left in place. The surgeon opens the skin over the area and pares away the affected bone, usually to treat a bone infection or an area of abnormal bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Partial Removal Of A Diseased Fingertip Bone cost?

$4,584

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,584 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$603$447 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,344 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $708 to $7,943Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,042
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $603

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.8 times more in Delaware 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

Iowa· 16th of 50

$4,584

$603 physician + $3,981 facility

DE $8,209MD $935

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.