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

South 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$138 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$295 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $155 to $9,772Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $112 to $309
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$144.54
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$178

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.