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Fusion of a Knuckle Joint

Montana rates for HCPCS 26850

Joins the two bones of a knuckle, where the finger meets the hand, so that the joint no longer moves. The joint surfaces are prepared and held together with pins, screws or wire until the bones grow into one, without adding bone taken from elsewhere in the body. It is used when arthritis or injury has left the joint painful, unstable or badly bent.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fusion of a Knuckle Joint cost?

$2,405

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,405 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$1,175$776 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$1,202 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $977 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $1,175

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
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$2,405

$1,175 physician + $1,230 facility

CO $12,243MT $2,405

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.