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Removal Of Damaged Tissue Beneath The Skin

Louisiana 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?

$1,027

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,027 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $93.33 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$93.33$69.18 to $141
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$380 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $126 to $3,467Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $58 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $93

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
$112.20
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$162.18

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$1,027

$93.33 physician + $933 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.