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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth cost?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$240 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$457 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $263 to $10,000Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $204 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. 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.

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$295

HI $1,259DE $240

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.