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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

South Dakota 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $427 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$339$240 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$324 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,388Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $204 to $661
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $427professional $339

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
$223.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 18th of 51

$355

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.