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

Maine 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $708 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$324$251 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$692 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,202Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $182 to $589
$200$500$1Kfacility $708professional $324

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
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
12 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
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$50.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 26th of 51

$331

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.