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Cutting Out A Small Skin Cancer, Scalp Or Hands

West Virginia 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 October 2026.

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

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$123 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$380 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $191 to $4,571Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $105 to $380
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $468professional $182

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30,199.52
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$380.19
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
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 37th of 51

$182

AK $501KY $138

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.