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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Minnesota 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 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$525$380 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$302 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $224 to $2,884Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $525

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
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.18

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$537

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.