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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 October 2026.

How much does Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth cost?

$2,393

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,393 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$398$316 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,318 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,786Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,951
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $398

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
$331.13
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
7 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
$158.49
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 22nd of 51

$2,393

$398 physician + $1,995 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.