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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Small, Face Area

Minnesota 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 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 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$158$87.10 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$269 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,413Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $62 to $355
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $158

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
$43.65
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$489.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$166

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.