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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,868

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,868 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$263 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$891 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,370Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $251 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $355

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
$371.54
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56,234.13
Median
$56,234.13
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,630.27
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$31,622.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,511.89
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
10 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
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$37.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$37.15

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 37th of 51

$1,868

$355 physician + $1,514 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.