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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Small-Medium

Illinois 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$132 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$204 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $162 to $2,455Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $110 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $166

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
$446.68
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
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
$46.77
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$174

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.