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Cutting Out A Small Skin Cancer, Scalp Or Hands

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 11620

Cuts out a cancerous skin growth together with a rim of normal-looking skin around it, from the scalp, neck, hand, foot or genital area, and closes the wound directly. Taking a margin makes it more likely that all of the cancer is removed. This version covers the smallest growths treated this way.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cutting Out A Small Skin Cancer, Scalp Or Hands cost?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$155 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$3,715 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $8,511Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $105 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $204

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$426.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Connecticut· 14th of 51

$245

OK $891KY $155

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.