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Surgical Removal of Penile Growths

Rhode Island 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?

$1,783

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,783 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$170 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$794 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,898Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $141 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $234

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
3 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
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 19th of 51

$1,783

$234 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.