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Removal of Benign Skin Growth, Face/Sensitive Area, Larger

Colorado rates for HCPCS 11441

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. This version applies to a growth larger than the smallest size range treated with this type of removal. The sample is typically sent to a lab to confirm it isn't cancerous.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Benign Skin Growth, Face/Sensitive Area, Larger cost?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 7 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$178$138 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,622 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $178 to $7,413Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $117 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $178

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
$177.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$219

AK $427DC $145

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.