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Removal of a Benign Skin Growth, Face or Sensitive Area

Tennessee 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $776 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$138$112 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$437 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,291Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $93 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $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
$812.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
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
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 16th of 51

$174

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.