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

Virginia 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$115 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$166 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $110 to $3,388Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $102 to $209
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $417professional $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
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
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
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 27th of 51

$151

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.