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

Massachusetts 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 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 9 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$186 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$191 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $182 to $3,715Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $141 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $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
$181.97
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$630.96

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$288

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.