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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Iowa 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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$447$331 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$617 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,365Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $245 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $447

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
$436.52
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
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
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$501

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.