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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Trunk Or Limb, Small-Medium

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 11401

A noncancerous growth on the trunk, arm, or leg is surgically cut out with a margin of surrounding skin, and the wound is closed. This version covers a growth a bit larger than the smallest size handled this way in this body area.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Trunk Or Limb, Small-Medium cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$123 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$195 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $141 to $2,089Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $98 to $245
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $158

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
$123.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
6 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
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$125.89

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

New Mexico· 22nd of 51

$166

AK $427KY $115

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.