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Removal Of A Larger Cancerous Growth, Scalp Or Groin Area

Iowa rates for HCPCS 11624

A surgeon cuts out a cancerous skin growth located on the scalp, neck, hand, foot, or genital area, along with a margin of surrounding normal-looking tissue to help ensure it has been completely removed. This particular service covers a growth on the larger side. The wound is then closed, and the tissue is sent to a lab to confirm the growth was fully removed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Larger Cancerous Growth, Scalp Or Groin Area cost?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$490$363 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$724 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,012Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $263 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $490

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
$467.74
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$812.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
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
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.0 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$537

AK $1,072KY $269

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.