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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Florida 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$182 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$457 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,495Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $158 to $339
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $871professional $219

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
$302.00
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
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
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 45th of 51

$263

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.