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Radical Removal Of A Larger Hand Tumor

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$6,557

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$1,072 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,388 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $1,660

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
$1,659.59
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,019.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Indiana 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

Iowa· 14th of 50

$6,557

$1,660 physician + $4,898 facility

IN $11,787MD $1,838

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.