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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Oregon 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 Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$437$331 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$468 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,951Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $229 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $437

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,456.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
12 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
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 7th 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.