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Removal Of A Benign Skin Growth, Larger Size

South Carolina 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$151 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$550 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $204 to $7,586Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $132 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $191

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
$169.82
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
7 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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$200

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.