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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 July 2026.

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

$3,808

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,808 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$646$468 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$933 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,761Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $646

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
$812.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in New Jersey than in Delaware. 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· 16th of 51

$3,808

$646 physician + $3,162 facility

NJ $6,291DE $1,052

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.