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Removal Of A Larger Cancerous Growth, Scalp Or Groin Area

Rhode Island 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$245 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$891 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,898Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $209 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $324

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56
3 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
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 32nd of 51

$339

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.