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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Montana 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$251$186 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$389 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $380 to $575Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $126 to $490
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $468professional $251

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 48th of 51

$251

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.