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Surgical Removal of Penile Growths

Nebraska 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?

$1,778

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$229$174 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$832 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $389 to $7,943Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $117 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $229

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
$269.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 20th of 51

$1,778

$229 physician + $1,549 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.