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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Massachusetts 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 9 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$347$240 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$324 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $269 to $3,715Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $204 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $347

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
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$724.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$776.25

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$380

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.