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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

North Carolina 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?

$1,699

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,699 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$676$537 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$646 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,344Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $676

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
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,071.52
8 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
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$1,699

$676 physician + $1,023 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.