go back

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 July 2026.

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

$4,109

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,109 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$479$347 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,000 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,586Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,259
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $479

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
$616.60
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$954.99
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 50

$4,109

$479 physician + $3,631 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.