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Shave Removal, Small-Medium Growth, Face Area

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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$126$79.43 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$490 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $135 to $5,129Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $65 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $126

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
$141.25
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$234.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78
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
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.13

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.2 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.

Colorado· 9th of 51

$151

AK $275KY $85.11

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.