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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Small-Medium

Rhode Island 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$115 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$447 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $170 to $3,981Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $100 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $151

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
3 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
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$155

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.