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

Minnesota 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $977 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$417$288 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$661 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,630Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $204 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $977professional $417

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
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$427

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.