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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

South 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?

$1,502

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,502 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$302 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$776 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,943Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $126 to $794
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $479

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
$380.19
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
7 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
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78

Where South 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

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$1,502

$479 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.