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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Small-Medium

Mississippi 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$158$120 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$282 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,514Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $95 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $501professional $158

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
$93.33
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
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
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 18th of 51

$182

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.