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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 October 2026.

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

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$275 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,148 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,318Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $234 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $324

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
$295.12
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
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
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 13th of 51

$380

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.