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Manipulation of a Stiff Finger Joint, Asleep

Iowa rates for HCPCS 26340

With the patient asleep or sedated, the doctor bends and straightens a stiff finger joint to break up internal scarring and restore movement. No incision is made; the movement itself frees the joint. It is used when a joint has become stuck after an injury, an operation, or a long spell in a splint and therapy alone has not restored motion.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Manipulation of a Stiff Finger Joint, Asleep cost?

$1,961

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,961 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$759$479 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$676 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $389 to $4,074Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $759

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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· 12th of 51

$1,961

$759 physician + $1,202 facility

CO $4,303KY $729

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.