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

North Carolina 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$170$129 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$191 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $145 to $6,918Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $87 to $380
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $661professional $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
$169.82
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$13,489.63
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 38th of 51

$170

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.