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Removal of Skin Cancer, Face and Lips (Mid-Size)

Iowa rates for HCPCS 11643

Surgical cutting away of a cancerous skin growth from the face, ears, eyelids, nose, or lips, including a margin of normal-looking skin around it. This applies to a growth in the mid-to-larger size range for this area, rather than the smallest or the very largest growths removed from these locations. Because these areas involve delicate features, the surgeon works carefully to remove the growth completely while limiting the size of the resulting wound.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Skin Cancer, Face and Lips (Mid-Size) cost?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$380$275 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$794 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $407 to $6,761Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $380

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
$478.63
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$398

AK $741RI $275

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.