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Shave Removal, Small-Medium Growth, Face Area

Alabama rates for HCPCS 11311

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. This version applies to a growth a bit larger than the smallest size handled this way in these sensitive areas.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Shave Removal, Small-Medium Growth, Face Area cost?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 5 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$91.20$60.26 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$263 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,585Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $54 to $145
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $372professional $91

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.4 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$120

AK $224RI $93.33

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.