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Radical Removal Of A Larger Hand Tumor

Minnesota 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?

$4,537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 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$2,138$1,660 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,585 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $7,762Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $2,138

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
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,265.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 14th of 51

$4,537

$2,138 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.