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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 July 2026.

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

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 7 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$97.72$51.29 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$74.13 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $45 to $2,455Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $43 to $240
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $141professional $98

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
$44.67
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$239.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$151.36
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$97.72

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.