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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

Illinois 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?

$2,063

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,063 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$389 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,047 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $692 to $4,365Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $339 to $955
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $550

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
$501.19
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
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
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 20th of 51

$2,063

$550 physician + $1,514 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.