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Removal Of A Cancerous Skin Growth, Trunk Or Limb, Medium

Illinois rates for HCPCS 11604

A cancerous growth on the trunk, arm, or leg is surgically cut out along with a margin of surrounding normal skin, and the wound is closed. This version covers a growth in the mid-to-larger range of sizes handled this way in this body area.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Cancerous Skin Growth, Trunk Or Limb, Medium cost?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$245 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$631 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,388Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $195 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $324

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
$288.40
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
6 more rates 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 3.6 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.

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$339

AK $851KY $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.