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Removal of Hardware From the Hand or Finger

California rates for HCPCS 26320

Takes out a plate, screw, pin, wire, or other implant previously placed in a bone or joint of the hand or finger. The old scar is usually reopened to reach it, the hardware is unscrewed or drawn out, and the wound is closed. It is done when the implant has finished its job, is irritating a tendon or the skin, has loosened, or has become infected.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Hardware From the Hand or Finger cost?

$5,495

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,890 to $8,318.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $13,804Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $302 to $851
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $427

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
$2,290.87
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$870.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where California sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. 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.

California· 4th of 49

$5,495

IN $6,607DE $355

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.