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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 July 2026.

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

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $245 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$102$50.12 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$126 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $50 to $9,120Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $45 to $224
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $245professional $102

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
$50.12
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 12th of 51

$115

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.