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Radical Removal Of A Larger Hand Tumor

Indiana 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?

$5,183

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,183 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$1,202$1,000 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,698 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $1,202

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
$977.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,248.07
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 8th of 51

$5,183

$1,202 physician + $3,981 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.