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

Kentucky 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 July 2026.

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

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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 7 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$257$195 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,413 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,365Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $174 to $398
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $257

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
$199.53
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$282

AK $692RI $263

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.