How much would it cost to get a skin mole removed? Does it leave like a huge scar?

I want to get my mole removed, it's on the side of me face, i cover it up with my hair, it kinda like pops out and i hate it. I want to know an estimate on how much it would cost? If insurance covers it? and if it leaves like a huge scar that won't get removed?

How much would it cost to get a skin mole removed? Does it leave like a huge scar?
It's usually the cost of a an office visit plus a minimal amount for lab work. If you tell your dermatologist it is suddenly itchy or painful then they will biopsy it and it will be covered by insurance. If you tell them it is purely because you don't like the way it looks then your insurance will say its cosmetic and not cover it. All in all it should cost about 150 before insurance pays. I had a mole removed from the side of my nose and now there is nothing no scar or anything. I went to two different docs because the first doc told me "If I remove the mole people will notice a pretty girl with a scar on the side of her nose....if you leave the mole in place, you'll notice a pretty girl with a mole". Needless to say I got a second opinion and had the mole removed and now they just notice a pretty girl! Get it removed!!!!! Good luck to you.
Reply:If you tell the dermatologist that it is suddenly itchy or painful, that suggests that the mole is somehow abnormal and they may obligated to send it to the pathologist for microscopic evaluation (to rule out a cancer like melanoma), which will be an additional fee on top of the dermatologist's fee. Report It

Reply:The cost of getting a mole removed depends on who you see and where you have it done. Yep. Sounds wierd. Family doctors, dermatologists and plastic surgeons will all remove moles for you, but the plastic surgeon will usually cost the most. It's hard to tell how much it will cost since insurance companies typically base what they pay on the usual and customary charges for the zip code your doctor is in.





Why does it matter where you have it done? In the state of Washington, if you have your mole removed at a facility, not in a hospital, but one that is owned by a hospital (University of Washington, Virginia Mason are two examples), you will be responsible for additional charges made by the facility. So do your homework.





Finally, there are different charges for the removal depending on what the surgery is. For example, if your mole is elevated above the skin and is small enough, you can have it removed by shave biopsy, which will usually leave a smaller scar than the one you might get with an excisional biopsy. The trick is that you need an experienced practitioner to do this, since if they remove too much, you have a dent in your skin, and too little, and it grows back. Another way of removing moles is to do a punch biopsy. One question I would have for you is are you prone to forming keloids, which are a form of exuberant scarring? That might make a difference for you as well.





The only other question is whether the doctor would want to send it off to have a pathologist look at it, which would be an additional fee. Good luck!
Reply:That would be called a biopsy and it really is not that expensive but you should have insurance for it.





It won't leave a huge scar. For the first few days, it will look like a scab but it will then go away. If you really want to speed up the process, put on miderma (for kids - depending on how old you are).