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Removal of Skin Growth, Large, Scalp/Hands/Feet

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 11426

Surgical removal of a noncancerous skin growth from the scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genital area, along with a small margin of surrounding skin. This applies to a larger growth, over about 1.6 inches across.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Skin Growth, Large, Scalp/Hands/Feet cost?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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$339$295 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$832 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $372 to $5,129Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $257 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $339

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
$338.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 6.6 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· 22nd of 51

$407

HI $1,905DE $288

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.