Excision of face skin lesion with margins, 3.1-4 cm at Astera Health

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Excision,Benign Lesion Inc Marg,Except Sktag/Face/ER/Eyld/Ns/Lip/Muc Memb;Ex Dia 3.1-4.0cm (Pro CAH)

Wadena, MN

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Astera Health’s median price of $270 is 84% below the median hospital's median price ($1.7k), higher than 8% of the 1,945 hospitals reporting CPT 11444. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 11444 at Astera Health

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 34 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Ucare ucare pmap [300063] fee schedule · outpatient	$160	$160	—	—	—	$160 – $160
2	Medica medica mncare [100751] fee schedule · inpatient	$166	$166	—	—	—	$166 – $166
3	Medica medica mncare [100751] fee schedule · outpatient	$166	$166	—	—	—	$166 – $166
4	Medica medica pmap [100345] fee schedule · inpatient	$166	$166	—	—	—	$166 – $166
5	Medica medica pmap [100345] fee schedule · outpatient	$166	$166	—	—	—	$166 – $166
6	Ucare ucare pmap [300063] fee schedule · inpatient	$182	$182	—	—	—	$182 – $182
7	Blue Cross Blue Shield mr-bcbs mn [400069] fee schedule · inpatient	$270	$270	—	—	—	$270 – $270
8	Blue Cross Blue Shield mr-bcbs mn [400069] fee schedule · outpatient	$270	$270	—	—	—	$270 – $270
9	Medica mr-medica advantage solutions [100895] fee schedule · inpatient	$270	$270	—	—	—	$270 – $270
10	Medica mr-medica advantage solutions [100895] fee schedule · outpatient	$270	$270	—	—	—	$270 – $270
11	Medica mr-medica dual solutions msho [100344] fee schedule · outpatient	$270	$270	—	—	—	$270 – $270
12	Ucare mr-ucare [300064] fee schedule · inpatient	$270	$270	—	—	—	$270 – $270
13	Ucare mr-ucare [300064] fee schedule · outpatient	$270	$270	—	—	—	$270 – $270
14	Ucare mr-ucare msho [300061] fee schedule · inpatient	$270	$270	—	—	—	$270 – $270
15	Ucare mr-ucare msho [300061] fee schedule · outpatient	$270	$270	—	—	—	$270 – $270
16	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare [100453] fee schedule · inpatient	$291	$291	—	—	—	$291 – $291
17	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare [100453] fee schedule · outpatient	$291	$291	—	—	—	$291 – $291
18	Medica medica [100341] fee schedule · outpatient	$397	$397	—	—	—	$397 – $397
19	Sanford Health Plan sanford health plan [100578] fee schedule · inpatient	$433	$433	—	—	—	$433 – $433
20	Sanford Health Plan sanford health plan [100578] fee schedule · outpatient	$452	$452	—	—	—	$452 – $452
21	Medica mr-medica dual solutions msho [100344] fee schedule · inpatient	$487	$487	—	—	—	$487 – $487
22	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs federal employees [400004] fee schedule · outpatient	$498	$498	—	—	—	$498 – $498
23	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs high value network fee schedule · outpatient	$498	$498	—	—	—	$498 – $498
24	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue plus [400058] fee schedule · outpatient	$498	$498	—	—	—	$498 – $498
25	Ucare ucare commercial [100748] percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$628	$628	—	—	—	$628 – $628

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Last updated: Feb 20, 2026

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