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Surgical Removal Of A Skin Cancer On The Trunk Or A Limb

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 11601

This procedure surgically cuts out a cancerous skin lesion located on the trunk, an arm, or a leg, along with a margin of normal-looking tissue around it to help ensure complete removal. It applies to a lesion in the smaller-to-mid size range for this type of excision, with the exact service depending on how large an area needs to be removed. The wound may be closed with simple stitches or, if extensive, addressed with a separate repair.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Removal Of A Skin Cancer On The Trunk Or A Limb cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$162 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$955 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $468 to $6,457Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $126 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $214

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
$426.58
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska 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.

Tennessee· 22nd of 51

$240

AK $562KY $186

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.