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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 October 2026.

How much does Radical Removal Of A Larger Hand Tumor cost?

$3,926

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,926 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,188$1,349 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,288 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $5,248Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $2,188

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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,570.40
8 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
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 22nd of 51

$3,926

$2,188 physician + $1,738 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.