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Cutting Out The Largest Facial Skin Cancers

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 11646

Cuts out a cancerous skin growth together with a rim of normal skin from the face, ear, eyelid, nose or lip, and closes the resulting wound. This is the version used for the widest growths treated this way, so more skin is removed and closing the wound can be a substantial part of the operation. The tissue is examined afterwards to confirm the growth was fully removed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cutting Out The Largest Facial Skin Cancers cost?

$1,364

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,364 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$661 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$389 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,570Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $513professional $851

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$51.29

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Dakota· 50th of 51

$1,364

$851 physician + $513 facility

CO $6,464MT $1,341

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.