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Removal Of A Deep Growth From The Hand Or Finger

Georgia 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?

$1,633

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,633 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$741$603 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$646 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,786Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $891professional $741

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
$537.03
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,454.40
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 43rd of 51

$1,633

$741 physician + $891 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.