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Fusion Of A Finger's Base Joint With Bone Graft

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 26844

Surgery that permanently fuses the joint where a finger's long hand bone meets the small bones of the wrist, using bone graft taken from the patient during the same operation to help the bones knit solidly. The thumb's version of this joint is treated by a different operation. It is done for arthritis, injury or instability at that joint that has not settled with other treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fusion Of A Finger's Base Joint With Bone Graft cost?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,023$813 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,318 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,622
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $1,023

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
$758.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California than in New Mexico. 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$1,259

CA $5,012NM $891

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.