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Removal Of A Deep Growth From The Hand Or Finger

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Deep Growth From The Hand Or Finger cost?

$2,658

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,658 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$708$537 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$676 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,586Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,479
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $708

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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

North Carolina· 36th of 50

$2,658

$708 physician + $1,950 facility

ME $12,639WV $1,050

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.