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Surgical Removal of Penile Growths

Kentucky 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?

$1,412

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,412 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$135 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$501 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $182 to $2,818Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $115 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $182

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
$181.97
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,659.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 32nd of 51

$1,412

$182 physician + $1,230 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.