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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 October 2026.

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

$1,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$324$275 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$603 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,890Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $240 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $324

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
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 41st of 51

$1,769

$324 physician + $1,445 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.