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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 July 2026.

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

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $417 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$110$72.44 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$178 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $69 to $7,244Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $42 to $389
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $417professional $110

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
$69.18
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$234.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$223.87

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. 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· 18th of 51

$112

AK $195RI $74.13

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.