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Removal of Skin Growth, Medium-Large, Trunk/Arms/Legs

Alabama rates for HCPCS 11404

Surgical removal of a noncancerous skin growth from the trunk, arms, or legs, along with a small margin of surrounding skin. This applies to a medium-to-large growth, roughly 1.2 to 1.6 inches across.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Skin Growth, Medium-Large, Trunk/Arms/Legs cost?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$151 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$891 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,905Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $135 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,660professional $178

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
$208.93
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
7 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
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 41
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.6 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$204

AK $794KY $174

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.