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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

North Carolina 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$275 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $219 to $5,623Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $204 to $794
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $851professional $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
$218.78
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 39th of 51

$275

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.