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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 October 2026.

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

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$513$372 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$407 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $324 to $955Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $245 to $759
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $513

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
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
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
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 5th of 51

$501

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.