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Surgical Removal of Penile Growths

Maine 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?

$1,473

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,473 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$214$170 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,202 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,820Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $129 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $214

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$380.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83

Where Maine 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

Maine· 30th of 51

$1,473

$214 physician + $1,259 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.