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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

Illinois 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 Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $708 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$151$120 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$224 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $166 to $2,630Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $100 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $151

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
$117.49
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
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
$58.88
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 20th 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.