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Surgical Removal of Penile Growths

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 54060

Removal of small growths on the penis, most often genital warts, by cutting them out with a blade rather than destroying them with heat, cold or a chemical. The base is closed or left to heal, and the tissue removed can be sent for examination under a microscope.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Removal of Penile Growths cost?

$1,291

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$170 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$692 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,399Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $135 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,096professional $195

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
$169.82
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
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
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 9.9 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

Arkansas· 37th of 51

$1,291

$195 physician + $1,096 facility

CO $4,605MT $466

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.