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Cancerous Skin Growth Removal, Face/Ears/Nose/Lips

Colorado rates for HCPCS 11641

This procedure removes a cancerous growth from the skin of the face, ears, eyelids, nose, or lips, cutting out the growth along with a surrounding margin of normal-looking skin to help ensure it has been fully removed. It is used for growths in the smaller-to-medium range of sizes typically seen in this delicate area. The wound left behind may be closed with stitches or, for larger removals, may need a more involved repair.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cancerous Skin Growth Removal, Face/Ears/Nose/Lips cost?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 7 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$209$158 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,905 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $245 to $7,079Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $135 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $209

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
$245.47
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Hawaii 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$257

HI $1,072KY $195

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.