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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $794 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$229 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$575 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,089Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $204 to $437
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Arkansas· 15th of 51

$372

AK $912KY $234

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.