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Removal Of Damaged Tissue Beneath The Skin

Iowa 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?

$912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$117$69.18 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$389 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $178 to $4,169Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $55 to $389
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $794professional $117

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
$177.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$380.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 33rd of 51

$912

$117 physician + $794 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.