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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Small, Face Area

Tennessee 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$95.50$51.29 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$186 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $91 to $1,950Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $40 to $813
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $95

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$141.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$169.82
5 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
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.59

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 11th of 51

$123

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.