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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Medium Size

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 11422

A noncancerous growth on the scalp, neck, hand, foot, or genital area is surgically removed with a margin of surrounding skin, and the site is stitched closed. This version applies to a mid-sized growth, larger than the smaller tiers used for this type of removal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$178$148 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$933 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $214 to $3,715Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $129 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $178

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
$213.80
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$214

AK $447VT $145

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.