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

Rhode Island 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 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 $955 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$295$224 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$589 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,981Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $191 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $295

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
3 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
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 34th of 51

$302

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.