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Removal Of A Large Benign Skin Growth, Face Or Mouth

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 11446

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 the largest growths in that group of body areas, compared to the smaller sizes handled with related services.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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$372$316 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,549 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $398 to $6,310Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $275 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,455professional $372

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
$316.23
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Hawaii than in Washington, DC. 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.

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$437

HI $1,950DC $339

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.