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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 July 2026.

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

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $191 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 7 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$123$69.18 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$126 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $69 to $21,878Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $60 to $257
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $191professional $123

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
$69.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$173.78

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 19th 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.