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

Indiana 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$257$200 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$589 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $407 to $5,129Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $178 to $398
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $257

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
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
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
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 42nd of 51

$288

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.