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

South Dakota 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 South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 7 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$263$204 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$234 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $191 to $3,090Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $145 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $347professional $263

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
$154.88
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,778.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 19th 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.