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Removal Of A Larger Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

West 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 July 2026.

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

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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 5 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$240$209 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$263 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $209 to $5,754Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $200 to $316
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $240

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
$208.93
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 49th of 51

$245

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.