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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

Georgia 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$148$123 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$372 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $135 to $3,631Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $100 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $148

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
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$331.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
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
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 21st of 51

$166

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.