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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Rhode Island 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?

$2,431

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,431 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$302 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,175 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $269 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $389

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
3 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
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 20th of 51

$2,431

$389 physician + $2,042 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.