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Removal of Cancerous Skin Growth, Face and Facial Features

Iowa rates for HCPCS 11640

This is the surgical removal of a small cancerous skin growth from a highly visible area such as the face, ears, eyelids, nose, or lips, cutting out the growth along with a margin of surrounding tissue to help ensure complete removal. Because these areas are cosmetically sensitive, the surgeon is often especially careful about how much tissue is removed and how the wound is closed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Cancerous Skin Growth, Face and Facial Features cost?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$191 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$537 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $257 to $6,761Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $120 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $269

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
$309.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$309

CA $813KY $162

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.