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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

Kansas 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?

$1,765

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,765 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$457 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$851 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,802Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,512
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $617

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
$933.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
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
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 30th of 51

$1,765

$617 physician + $1,148 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.