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Removal Of A Larger Cancerous Growth, Scalp Or Groin Area

Louisiana 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 6 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$316$263 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$933 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,365Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $224 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $316

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
$389.05
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$407

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.