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Removal Of A Deep Growth From The Hand Or Finger

Utah 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?

$3,306

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,306 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$355$269 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$871 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,786Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $56 to $617
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $355

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
$724.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
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
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86

Where Utah 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$3,306

$355 physician + $2,951 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.