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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Kansas 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 Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$302$263 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$676 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,884Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $234 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $302

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
$489.78
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
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
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 14th 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.