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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 July 2026.

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

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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 6 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$148$117 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$741 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $186 to $4,169Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $100 to $209
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $148

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
$169.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$181.97
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 25th of 51

$178

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.