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Surgical Removal of Penile Growths

Colorado 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?

$4,605

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,605 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$191 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,549 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $676 to $8,511Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $155 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $240

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
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
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,605

$240 physician + $4,365 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.