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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Kansas 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?

$3,378

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,378 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$427$363 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,202 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $617 to $4,898Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $302 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $427

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
$660.69
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
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
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 11th of 51

$3,378

$427 physician + $2,951 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.