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Removal Of A Vulvar Growth (Simple)

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 56501

This procedure destroys a growth on the vulva, such as a wart, using a method like heat, freezing, or a chemical agent, without cutting it out as a specimen. It is typically done for a small, straightforward growth in an office setting.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Vulvar Growth (Simple) cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $646 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$135 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$417 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,692Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $112 to $324
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $178

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
$154.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
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
$56.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Mississippi· 14th of 51

$234

AK $550KY $141

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.