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Shave Removal, Small-Medium Growth, Face Area

South Carolina 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $170 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$75.86 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$117 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $76 to $1,175Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $55 to $170
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $170professional $100

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
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
11 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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$14.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$102

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.