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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 July 2026.

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

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 8 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$398$295 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$676 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $468 to $6,761Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $219 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $398

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
$489.78
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. 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· 10th of 51

$457

HI $1,950WV $288

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.