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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Small-Medium

Tennessee 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $759 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$151$120 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$427 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $191 to $2,291Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $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
$128.82
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
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
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Tennessee· 17th of 51

$191

AK $447KY $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.