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Laser Removal of Growths on the Penis

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 54057

Uses a focused laser beam to destroy small growths on the penis, such as genital warts. The beam vaporizes the lesion a layer at a time with little effect on the surrounding skin. It is usually done with local anesthetic in a clinic or day-surgery setting.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Laser Removal of Growths on the Penis cost?

$1,416

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,416 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$186$138 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$537 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,548Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $100 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $186

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
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$302.00
8 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
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$190.55

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 13.0 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Carolina· 31st of 51

$1,416

$186 physician + $1,230 facility

CO $4,547MT $350

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.