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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Arizona 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?

$2,217

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,217 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$275 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$955 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,370Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,138
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $355

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
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
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 26th of 51

$2,217

$355 physician + $1,862 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.