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Finger Joint Replacement With an Implant

California rates for HCPCS 26536

Replaces a damaged joint within a finger with an artificial one — commonly a flexible silicone spacer — after the worn joint surfaces have been removed. It is used when arthritis or injury has left the joint painful, deformed, or stiff. The aim is a finger that bends usefully again and hurts far less.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Finger Joint Replacement With an Implant cost?

$9,120

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,166 to $13,490.

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 $9,772 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $18,197Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,905
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $933

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
$3,981.07
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$23,442.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$17,782.79
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$42,657.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$25,118.86

Where California sits

The same service costs 30.9 times more in Indiana 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.

California· 7th of 50

$9,120

IN $22,387WV $724

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.