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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 October 2026.

How much does Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth cost?

$2,002

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,002 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$347 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$912 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,129Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $282 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $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
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$794.33
8 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
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$2,002

$417 physician + $1,585 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.