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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

Connecticut 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?

$4,179

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,179 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$631$501 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,479 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,918Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $631

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 51

$4,179

$631 physician + $3,548 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.