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

Maryland 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$178$162 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$501 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,380Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $155 to $347
$200$500$1Kfacility $724professional $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
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$380.19
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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 36th of 51

$219

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.