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Radical Removal Of A Larger Hand Tumor

North Carolina 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?

$3,208

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,208 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$1,549$1,072 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,175 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $1,549

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
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 44th of 50

$3,208

$1,549 physician + $1,660 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.