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

Minnesota 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $832 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$537$355 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$447 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $209 to $3,802Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,047
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $537

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
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$562

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.