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

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 11442

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 two smaller size tiers used for this type of removal in these areas, though larger size tiers also exist. 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 9 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$234$158 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$229 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $178 to $3,715Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $126 to $513
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $234

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
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$537.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.8 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$240

AK $447DC $162

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.