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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Small-Medium

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 8 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$195$132 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$331 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $219 to $6,761Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $93 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $195

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
$229.09
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$245

AK $363DE $135

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.