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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 July 2026.

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

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$162$120 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$174 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,630Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $102 to $617
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $1,288professional $162

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
$147.91
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$199.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico $166 · 22nd 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.