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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Small, Face Area

Louisiana 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 6 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$79.43$54.95 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$200 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $58 to $3,715Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $44 to $148
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $79

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
$57.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$147.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$128.82
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$115

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.