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Injection Of Cancer Medication Into Multiple Skin Lesions

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 96406

Injection of an anti-cancer medication directly into a number of visible skin tumors or lesions during the same visit. It is used when many separate areas need treatment rather than just one or a few, delivering the medication straight into the affected tissue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Injection Of Cancer Medication Into Multiple Skin Lesions cost?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $182 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$89.13 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$72.44 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $62 to $302Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $69 to $295
$50$100$200$500facility $182professional $145

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$229.09
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$251.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$295.12
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$13.49

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Washington, DC. 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· 9th of 51

$145

WI $182DC $52.48

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.