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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

Oklahoma 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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$141$123 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$363 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $145 to $4,786Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $100 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $141

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
$831.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
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
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 19th of 51

$170

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.