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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

Rhode Island 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?

$1,938

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,938 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$447 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$891 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,898Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $589

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
3 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
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 25th of 51

$1,938

$589 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.