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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Mississippi 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?

$1,647

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,647 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$417$324 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$851 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,467Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $251 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $417

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
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
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
$123.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 46th of 51

$1,647

$417 physician + $1,230 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.