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Removal of Hardware From the Hand or Finger

Montana 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 October 2026.

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

$1,151

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,151 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$372 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$575 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,202Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $269 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $562

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Colorado 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 48th of 51

$1,151

$562 physician + $589 facility

CO $4,855WV $974

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.