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Surgical Removal of Penile Growths

Iowa 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?

$2,045

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,045 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$347$269 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$490 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,495Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $200 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $347

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
$269.15
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$537.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
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
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$229.09

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$2,045

$347 physician + $1,698 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.