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Radical Removal Of A Larger Hand Tumor

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 26118

This is the more extensive removal of a soft-tissue growth from the hand or a finger, where the surgeon takes a wider margin of surrounding healthy tissue along with the growth because it is suspected or known to be aggressive. It applies to growths on the larger side, the sizable-growth tier of this procedure rather than the smallest lesions.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Radical Removal Of A Larger Hand Tumor cost?

$6,596

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,596 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,445 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,570 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $891 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,630
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $1,698

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,818.38
2 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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

Connecticut· 5th of 51

$6,596

$1,698 physician + $4,898 facility

WI $8,126KY $2,271

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.