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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Small, Face Area

South 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $162 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$81.28$60.26 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$112 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $76 to $1,175Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $38 to $141
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $162professional $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
$50.12
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$141.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90
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
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$85.11

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.