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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Kentucky 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?

$2,519

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,519 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$275 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,202 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $437 to $4,365Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $245 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $331

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
$288.40
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 34th of 50

$2,519

$331 physician + $2,188 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.