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Surgical Removal Of A Mid-Sized Skin Cancer, Body Or Limbs

Iowa rates for HCPCS 11603

This is a surgery to cut out a cancerous skin lesion from the trunk, arms, or legs, including a margin of surrounding normal skin to help ensure complete removal. It's used for a medium-sized lesion, larger than the smallest lesions excised this way but smaller than the largest. The wound is typically closed with stitches after the lesion is removed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Removal Of A Mid-Sized Skin Cancer, Body Or Limbs cost?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 8 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$282$178 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$776 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $355 to $6,761Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $135 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $282

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
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Iowa· 21st of 51

$295

AK $631MT $234

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.