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

Tennessee 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$145$112 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$302 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,950Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $91 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $145

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
$125.89
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
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
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$170

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.