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Removal of Soft Tissue Growth, Hand/Finger

South Dakota 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?

$1,626

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,626 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$813$646 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$759 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,288Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,479
$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $813

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
$331.13
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 37th of 51

$1,626

$813 physician + $813 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.