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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 July 2026.

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

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$115 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$229 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $107 to $7,943Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $68 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$316.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$295.12

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$166

AK $282KY $110

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.