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Surgical Removal of Penile Growths

North Carolina 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?

$1,600

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,600 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$251$191 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$617 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,020Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $138 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $251

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
$190.55
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$416.87
8 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
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$1,600

$251 physician + $1,349 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.