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Removal Of A Deep Growth From The Hand Or Finger

Maine 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?

$1,920

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,920 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$617 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$933 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,585Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,023
$500$1Kfacility $1,259professional $661

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
12 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
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where Maine 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

Maine· 30th of 51

$1,920

$661 physician + $1,259 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.