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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Michigan 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?

$2,067

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,067 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$407$309 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,202 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,548Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $288 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $407

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
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$2,067

$407 physician + $1,660 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.