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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

Kansas 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$126 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$427 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $141 to $3,020Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $105 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
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
$46.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 10th of 51

$195

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.