go back

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

New Jersey 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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$234$174 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$692 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,754Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $132 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $234

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
$190.55
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,466.84
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,884.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$416.87
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 48th of 51

$263

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.