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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

Louisiana 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?

$2,041

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,041 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$562$427 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$813 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,981Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $363 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $562

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
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
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
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$2,041

$562 physician + $1,479 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.