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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 11444

A noncancerous skin growth is surgically cut out, along with a margin of surrounding tissue, from the face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or the lining of the mouth, and the wound is stitched closed. This applies to a larger growth within that group of body areas, compared to the smaller growths handled with related services.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth cost?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $912 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 6 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$646$389 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$316 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $251 to $6,607Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $646

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,584.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,584.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$692

HI $1,259DE $240

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.