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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 October 2026.

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

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$87.10 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$309 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $120 to $5,754Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $68 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $107

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
$93.33
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$186.21
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
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 46th of 51

$126

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.