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Removal Of A Deep Growth From The Hand Or Finger

Arkansas 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?

$1,678

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,678 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$631$562 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$692 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $479 to $2,089Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $501 to $851
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,047professional $631

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
$630.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 39th of 51

$1,678

$631 physician + $1,047 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.