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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

Montana 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $214 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 6 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$107 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$186 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $170 to $282Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $85 to $251
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $214professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19

Where Montana 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.

Montana $145 · 40th 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.