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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 July 2026.

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

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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$166$126 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$708 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $132 to $3,467Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $93 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $166

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
$128.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$11,481.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$182

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.