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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

New Jersey 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$219$170 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$912 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,754Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $141 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $219

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
$199.53
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,165.95
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05
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
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 48th of 51

$251

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.