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

Michigan 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $977 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$155$129 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$204 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $162 to $4,898Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $78 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $977professional $155

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
$162.18
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$691.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 42nd of 51

$162

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.