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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

Minnesota 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?

$2,412

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,412 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$617 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$776 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $339 to $6,166Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $933

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
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$56.23

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$2,412

$933 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.