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Removal of Skin Cancer, Larger Growth

Virginia 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?

$2,619

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,619 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$309 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$646 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $389 to $9,120Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $275 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $380

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
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
6 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
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 19th of 51

$2,619

$380 physician + $2,239 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.