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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

Michigan 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 7 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$135$112 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$155 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $129 to $4,898Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $87 to $251
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $661professional $135

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
$128.82
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$562.34
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan $148 · 36th 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.