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

Iowa 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$126 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$209 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,905Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $85 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $525professional $174

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
$109.65
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$295.12
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
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$22.91

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$191

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.