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

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$182 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$891 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,890Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $155 to $295
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $219

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
$239.88
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Hawaii 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.

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$263

HI $724MT $178

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.