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

Michigan 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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$302$251 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$468 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,455Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $191 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $302

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
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
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
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$269.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$53.70
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 28th of 51

$316

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.