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

Virginia 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 8 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$229$178 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$245 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $170 to $7,079Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $145 to $398
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $229

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
$213.80
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 27th of 51

$245

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.