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Skin Cancer Removal, Scalp/Neck/Hands/Feet/Genitals, Medium

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 11622

This procedure surgically removes a suspected or confirmed skin cancer from the scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genital area, cutting out the growth along with a margin of surrounding normal-appearing skin, for a medium-sized lesion. The margin of healthy tissue helps ensure the growth is fully removed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Skin Cancer Removal, Scalp/Neck/Hands/Feet/Genitals, Medium cost?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $417 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$219$186 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$275 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,995Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $158 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $219

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
$275.42
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
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
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.4 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.

Louisiana· 28th of 51

$257

AK $692KY $204

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.