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

Iowa 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 8 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$200$138 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$525 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $263 to $6,761Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $87 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $200

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
$263.03
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$209

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.