go back

Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Tennessee 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?

$2,826

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,826 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$309 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,148 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $331 to $7,079Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $245 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,455professional $372

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
$331.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 29th of 50

$2,826

$372 physician + $2,455 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.