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

Kentucky 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 6 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$191$145 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$219 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $145 to $10,715Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $129 to $309
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $191

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
$144.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$195

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.