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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Rhode Island 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$234 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$631 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,981Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $204 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $269

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
3 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
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$288

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.