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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 July 2026.

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

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 8 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$339$263 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$708 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,761Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $204 to $794
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $339

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
$426.58
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$407

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.