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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Illinois 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?

$2,096

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,096 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$295 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$741 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $380 to $5,623Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $240 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,698professional $398

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
$380.19
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 39th of 50

$2,096

$398 physician + $1,698 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.