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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Small, Face Area

North Carolina 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $115 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$81.28$54.95 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$70.79 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $52 to $617Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $44 to $195
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $115professional $81

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
$44.67
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$158.49
11 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
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.70

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 46th of 51

$83.18

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.