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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

North Carolina 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?

$2,176

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,176 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$398$282 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$427 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $316 to $8,511Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $251 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $398

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
$338.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 37th of 50

$2,176

$398 physician + $1,778 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.