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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

Iowa 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?

$2,225

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,225 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$676 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$955 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,129Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $813

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
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$2,225

$813 physician + $1,413 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.