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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 11626

Surgical cutting away of a cancerous skin growth located on the scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genital area, along with a margin of normal-looking skin around it to help ensure complete removal. This applies to one of the larger growths removed from this body region rather than a very small one. The tissue is typically sent to a laboratory to confirm the growth was fully removed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth cost?

$4,126

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,126 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$776 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$2,042 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,950
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $1,175

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,949.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$9,772.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 6th of 51

$4,126

$1,175 physician + $2,951 facility

CO $6,346MT $1,043

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.