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Removal Of A Larger Cancerous Growth, Scalp Or Groin Area

Kansas 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$347$295 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$851 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,802Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $245 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $347

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
$660.69
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
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
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 8th of 51

$501

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.