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Laser Removal of Growths on the Penis

South 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?

$1,323

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,323 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$148$117 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$617 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $468 to $8,511Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $98 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $148

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
$125.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47
7 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
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18

Where South 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

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$1,323

$148 physician + $1,175 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.