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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

North Dakota 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $282 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$398 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$275 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $224 to $759Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $282 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $282professional $490

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
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 6th of 51

$479

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.