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Shave Removal of Skin Growth, Large, Trunk/Arms/Legs

Colorado rates for HCPCS 11303

A raised skin growth on the trunk, arms, or legs is shaved off level with the surrounding skin using a blade, rather than being surgically cut out with stitches. This applies to a larger growth, over about 0.8 inches across.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Shave Removal of Skin Growth, Large, Trunk/Arms/Legs cost?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$91.20 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$759 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $200 to $5,370Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $74 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $145

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
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$323.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
5 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
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Colorado· 9th of 51

$174

AK $355MD $100

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.