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Shave Removal, Small-Medium Growth, Face Area

Massachusetts 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $110 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 9 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$135$85.11 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$72.44 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $63 to $3,715Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $59 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $110professional $135

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
$48.98
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$371.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$331.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$338.84
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$234.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$346.74

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$135

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.