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Manipulation of a Stiff Finger Joint, Asleep

South Carolina 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?

$1,111

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,111 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$316$214 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$537 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,344Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $51 to $490
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $794professional $316

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
$407.38
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
8 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
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$1,111

$316 physician + $794 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.