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

Louisiana 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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 6 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$170$138 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$661 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $204 to $3,715Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $123 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $170

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
$204.17
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$204

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.