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Surgical Removal of Penile Growths

Louisiana 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?

$990

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $990 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$174 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$155 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $126 to $4,074Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $145 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $214

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
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
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
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 44th of 51

$990

$214 physician + $776 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.