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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 October 2026.

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

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $646 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$224 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$331 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,230Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $214 to $437
$200$500$1Kfacility $646professional $240

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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$575.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$467.74
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
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$275

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.