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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

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

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$120 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$141 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $132 to $3,715Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $100 to $407
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,514professional $191

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$478.63
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$389.05
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $195 · 13th of 51
AK $347DE $115

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.