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Removal Of A Deep Growth From The Hand Or Finger

Illinois 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?

$2,116

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,116 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$603$501 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,047 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,365Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,000
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $603

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
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,089.30
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 22nd of 51

$2,116

$603 physician + $1,514 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.