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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Connecticut 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?

$5,194

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,194 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$407$316 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,512 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $794 to $11,749Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $245 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $407

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
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
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
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$5,194

$407 physician + $4,786 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.