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Removal Of Damaged Tissue Beneath The Skin

Colorado rates for HCPCS 11042

This is a procedure to remove dead, damaged, or infected tissue from just beneath the skin's surface, in the fatty layer under the skin, to help a wound heal properly. It covers a defined smaller area of tissue treated during the procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Damaged Tissue Beneath The Skin cost?

$1,734

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$112$61.66 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$513 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $91 to $6,026Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $52 to $224
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $112

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
$79.43
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$288.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$223.87

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 17.0 times more in California 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

Colorado· 6th of 51

$1,734

$112 physician + $1,622 facility

CA $5,220MT $307

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.