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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Small, Face Area

Michigan 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$85.11$48.98 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$115 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $89 to $468Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $40 to $138
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $129professional $85

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
$53.70
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$138.04
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$371.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
10 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
$26.30
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$66.07
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.92
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$100.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$19.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$13.49

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 41st of 51

$87.10

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.