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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 July 2026.

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

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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$550$389 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$776 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $275 to $4,677Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $550

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
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$562

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.