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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 July 2026.

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

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 7 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$275$219 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,096 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,248Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $275

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
$251.19
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,412.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 15th of 51

$372

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.