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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

South Dakota 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?

$1,043

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,043 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$347 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$407 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $347 to $4,365Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $263 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $468

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
$288.40
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 46th of 50

$1,043

$468 physician + $575 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.