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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

New Mexico 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $832 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$120 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$331 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $141 to $2,455Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $100 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $148

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
$102.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
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
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 22nd of 51

$162

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.