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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

Kentucky 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?

$1,720

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,720 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$372$263 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$550 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,890Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $229 to $676
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $372

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
$281.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 33rd of 51

$1,720

$372 physician + $1,349 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.