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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

New Jersey 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$100 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,884 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $182 to $10,233Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $89 to $617
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,898professional $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
$169.82
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,235.94
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$229.09

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey $162 · 23rd 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.