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

Minnesota 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $933 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$316$209 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$479 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $174 to $3,090Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $132 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $316

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
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$331

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.