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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Small, Face Area

Iowa 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $288 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$120$79.43 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$138 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,698Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $54 to $269
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $288professional $120

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
$69.18
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$269.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$223.87
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
$21.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$17.38

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$129

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.