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Fusion Of A Finger's Base Joint With Bone Graft

Montana 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 October 2026.

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

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,349$933 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$1,445 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,445
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $1,349

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Montana· 18th of 51

$1,380

AK $3,548TX $468

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.