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

North Carolina 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $977 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$295$204 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$331 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $204 to $5,012Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $182 to $794
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $977professional $295

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
$204.17
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$302

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.