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

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$224 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$398 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $251 to $4,786Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $200 to $427
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $288

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
$288.40
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
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
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 30th 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.