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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

Alaska rates for HCPCS 26115

Surgical removal of a growth located just beneath the skin of the hand or finger, without going into the deeper muscle layer. This applies to a smaller growth, at the lower end of the size range treated this way, with a separate, more extensive procedure used for larger growths in the same area.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger cost?

$3,671

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$1,380$851 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,585 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $1,380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,659.59
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,090.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Colorado 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 4th of 51

$3,671

$1,380 physician + $2,291 facility

CO $4,828WV $1,100

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.