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

North Carolina 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$155 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$229 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $155 to $6,761Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $145 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $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
$229.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$13,489.63
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 38th of 51

$229

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.