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Radical Removal Of A Larger Hand Tumor

Illinois 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?

$3,629

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,629 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,096 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,778 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $977 to $1,995
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $1,230

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
$831.76
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 26th of 51

$3,629

$1,230 physician + $2,399 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.