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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Montana 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?

$1,043

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,043 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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$468$398 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$437 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,995Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $275 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $468

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
$13,803.84
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,043

$468 physician + $575 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.