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

Vermont 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 October 2026.

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

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $389 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$302$224 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$389 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $309 to $708Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $204 to $468
$200$500$1Kfacility $389professional $302

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Vermont· 20th of 51

$302

AK $776TX $214

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.