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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Small, Face Area

Colorado rates for HCPCS 11310

A raised skin growth on the face, an ear, an eyelid, the nose, or a lip is shaved off flush with the surrounding skin using a blade, rather than being cut out with a surgical excision. This version covers one of the smaller growths removed this way in these sensitive areas.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Small, Face Area cost?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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$95.50$57.54 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$457 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $117 to $5,129Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $47 to $204
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $95

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
$117.49
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$154.88
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
$54.95
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$162.18
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$194.98
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17
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
$22.91
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.75

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.5 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.

Colorado· 9th of 51

$126

AK $229KY $66.07

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.