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

North Dakota 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$363 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$302 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,512Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $288 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $347professional $479

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
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
4 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
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$31.62

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 7th of 51

$468

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.