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

Louisiana 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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$219$174 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$813 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $282 to $3,715Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $151 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $219

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
$257.04
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$263

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.