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Shave Removal, Small-Medium Growth, Face Area

Rhode Island 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $204 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$66.07 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$129 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,890Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $58 to $195
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $204professional $107

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$223.87
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
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.22

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$112

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.