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Radical Removal Of A Larger Hand Tumor

South Dakota 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?

$3,815

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,815 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$1,995$1,047 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,622 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,020
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $1,995

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,290.87
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 39th of 50

$3,815

$1,995 physician + $1,820 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.