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Radical Removal Of A Larger Hand Tumor

Missouri 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?

$3,993

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,993 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$1,000 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,479 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,512
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $1,175

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,348.96
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
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 19th of 51

$3,993

$1,175 physician + $2,818 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.