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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Maryland 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?

$282

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $224 to $447.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,786Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $200 to $794
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $355professional $282

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
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 36th of 51

$282

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.