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Radical Removal Of A Larger Hand Tumor

Rhode Island 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?

$3,790

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,790 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,259 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,413 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $1,445

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
1 more rate 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
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 23rd of 51

$3,790

$1,445 physician + $2,344 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.