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Release Of A Tight Knuckle Joint

Alaska rates for HCPCS 26520

Releases the tightened capsule around a knuckle — the joint where a finger meets the hand — so the finger can bend and straighten again. The joint is opened and the thickened capsule is cut or partly removed. One joint is treated, and each additional joint is billed separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Release Of A Tight Knuckle Joint cost?

$6,709

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,709 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$2,818$1,660 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$3,162 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $12,023Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $724 to $3,311
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $2,818

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,570.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 1st of 51

$6,709

$2,818 physician + $3,890 facility

AK $6,709DE $1,809

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.