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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Colorado 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 July 2026.

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

$5,995

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,995 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$295 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$3,236 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $417 to $12,882Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $251 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $372

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
$416.87
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,584.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 17.8 times more in Delaware 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Colorado· 10th of 50

$5,995

$372 physician + $5,623 facility

DE $12,936WV $727

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.