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

Louisiana 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$234 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$372 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,995Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $191 to $372
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $263

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
$389.05
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
7 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
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$324

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.