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

South Dakota 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 8 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$200$148 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$174 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $132 to $3,090Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $120 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $245professional $200

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
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$416.87
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$346.74
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 21st of 51

$200

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.