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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$132$107 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$219 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,175Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $87 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $132

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
$125.89
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
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
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.1 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.

Arkansas· 23rd of 51

$155

AK $437KY $107

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.