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Removal Of A Deep Growth From The Hand Or Finger

Alabama rates for HCPCS 26116

An abnormal growth or lump is surgically removed from tissue in the hand or finger, from a layer deeper than just beneath the skin surface, such as tissue near a tendon or nerve. The surrounding structures are carefully preserved during removal.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Deep Growth From The Hand Or Finger cost?

$2,522

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,522 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$501 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,000 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,950Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $437 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $617

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
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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

Alabama· 15th of 51

$2,522

$617 physician + $1,905 facility

CO $5,106MD $1,261

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.