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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

New York 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?

$3,545

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,545 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$447 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,318 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $708 to $7,413Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $331 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $525

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
$407.38
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,000.00
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$933.25
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,318.26
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
15 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
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$151.36
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$70.79
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$281.84
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$131.83
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86

Where New York 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

New York· 6th of 51

$3,545

$525 physician + $3,020 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.