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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 October 2026.

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

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$117 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$135 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $60 to $832Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $87 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $288professional $200

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
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$501.19
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$416.87
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$209

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.