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Fusion Of Each Additional Finger Joint

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 26861

Fuses one more finger joint beyond the first during the same operation. It is performed alongside the fusion of the first joint and charged in addition to it. Internal hardware may be used to hold the joint, and the first joint fused is charged separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fusion Of Each Additional Finger Joint cost?

$3,782

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,782 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 54 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$151$107 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,202 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $155 to $9,550Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $89 to $457
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $151

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
$338.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,630.78

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 38.4 times more in California than in Maryland. 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

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CA $5,859MD $153

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.