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

South 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$490$372 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$447 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $302 to $871Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $269 to $832
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $490

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
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
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
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 5th of 51

$490

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.