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

Missouri 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$166$129 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,096 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $186 to $5,623Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $102 to $759
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $166

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
$147.91
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 14th of 51

$214

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.