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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Minnesota 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?

$2,384

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,384 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 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$724$501 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,096 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,318Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,660professional $724

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
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 36th of 50

$2,384

$724 physician + $1,660 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.