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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Larger Size

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 11423

A noncancerous growth on the scalp, neck, hand, foot, or genital area is surgically cut out with a margin of surrounding skin and the site is closed. This version applies to a larger growth than the earlier size tiers used for this kind of removal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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$204$174 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$832 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $219 to $4,169Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $151 to $269
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $204

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
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Hawaii 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$240

HI $2,042DE $174

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.