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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 July 2026.

How much does Surgical Removal of Penile Growths cost?

$1,683

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,683 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$204$174 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$891 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $257 to $3,981Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $135 to $288
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $204

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 22.7 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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· 35th of 50

$1,683

$204 physician + $1,479 facility

ME $7,298MD $322

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.