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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

New Mexico 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $955 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$257 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$537 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $355 to $3,311Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $214 to $468
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $324

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
$218.78
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
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
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 22nd of 51

$347

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.