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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Colorado 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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$288$234 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,239 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $324 to $8,710Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $200 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $288

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
$295.12
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 17th of 51

$355

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.