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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$275$240 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$479 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $263 to $4,786Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $214 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $275

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
$295.12
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
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
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th 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.