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

Iowa 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 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$288$209 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$603 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $302 to $6,761Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $148 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $288

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
$363.08
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78
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
$162.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$316

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.