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

South 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 South 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 $2,455 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$170 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$275 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $178 to $9,772Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $145 to $380
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $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
$169.82
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 37th 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.