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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

New Jersey 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?

$3,001

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,001 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$309$240 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,622 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $427 to $7,586Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $178 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $309

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
$257.04
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,964.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$549.54
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
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$3,001

$309 physician + $2,692 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.