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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Missouri 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$229 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$661 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $398 to $4,467Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $204 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $275

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
$251.19
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
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
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 33rd of 51

$295

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.