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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Small-Medium

South Dakota 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 8 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$219$148 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$407 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $162 to $4,467Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $107 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $219

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
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$436.52
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 7th of 51

$240

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.