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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Iowa 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?

$2,804

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,804 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$457 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$955 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $676 to $6,918Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $617

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
$478.63
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
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
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 51

$2,804

$617 physician + $2,188 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.