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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Small-Medium

Louisiana 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$138$120 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$234 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,995Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $102 to $191
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $138

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
$169.82
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
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
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$162

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.