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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 October 2026.

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

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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$186$166 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$302 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $135 to $3,467Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $145 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $186

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
$208.93
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
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
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.0 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$214

AK $646KY $162

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.