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

North Carolina 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$178 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$240 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,445Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $158 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $240

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
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
8 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
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$245

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.