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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 October 2026.

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

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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$200$178 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$479 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $95 to $3,467Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $148 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $200

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
$239.88
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
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
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$234

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.