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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Small-Medium

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 11421

A noncancerous growth on the scalp, neck, hand, foot, or genital area is surgically cut out with a margin of normal skin and the wound is closed. This version is for a growth a bit larger than the smallest size handled this way in these areas.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Small-Medium cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$141$115 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$182 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,175Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $95 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $141

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
$120.23
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
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
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Arkansas· 25th of 51

$170

AK $447FL $126

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.