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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

Rhode Island 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$105 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$447 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $170 to $3,981Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $98 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $138

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
3 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
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$95.50

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 34th of 51

$138

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.