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Shave Removal, Small-Medium Growth, Face Area

Louisiana 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 6 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$100$72.44 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$234 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $138 to $3,715Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $62 to $162
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $891professional $100

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
$77.62
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$162.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $138 · 16th of 51
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.