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Removal Of A Deep Growth From The Hand Or Finger

Missouri 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?

$2,174

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,174 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$589$537 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$813 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,898Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $589

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 21st of 51

$2,174

$589 physician + $1,585 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.