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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

Alabama rates for HCPCS 11440

A surgeon surgically cuts out a noncancerous growth from a sensitive area such as the face, ears, eyelids, nose, or lips, including a small margin of surrounding tissue, and closes the wound. The sample is typically sent to a lab to confirm it isn't cancerous. This version applies to a smaller growth in these areas.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area cost?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $912 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 5 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$120$102 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$676 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,399Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $89 to $166
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $912professional $120

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
$131.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $132 · 47th of 51
AK $347DE $115

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.