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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Small-Medium

Kansas 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $832 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$141 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$372 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $141 to $3,020Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $112 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $832professional $162

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
$234.42
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
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
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 10th of 51

$214

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.