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Removal Of A Deep Growth From The Hand Or Finger

Iowa 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?

$2,620

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,620 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$794 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,072 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $1,072

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
$831.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$2,620

$1,072 physician + $1,549 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.