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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Kentucky 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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 6 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$234$209 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,148 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,020Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $186 to $372
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $234

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
$213.80
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$257

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.