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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

Idaho 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$162 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$141 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,138Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $145 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $380professional $195

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,290.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$891.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$229.09
15 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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$43.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$169.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 9th of 51

$200

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.