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Shave Removal, Small-Medium Growth, Face Area

Minnesota 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $457 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$204$117 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$295 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,349Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $79 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $457professional $204

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
$60.26
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$588.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$407.38

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$209

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.