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Surgical Removal of Penile Growths

South 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?

$1,389

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,389 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$174 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$617 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $468 to $8,511Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $141 to $339
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $214

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
$169.82
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
7 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
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82

Where South 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

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$1,389

$214 physician + $1,175 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.