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

South 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 October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Cancerous Skin Growth, Trunk Or Limb, Medium cost?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$282$224 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$646 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,715Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $174 to $398
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $871professional $282

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
$229.09
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
7 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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 38th of 51

$295

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.