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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Medium, Face Area

Alabama rates for HCPCS 11312

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 mid-sized growth, larger than the smaller tiers used for this type of removal in these areas.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Medium, Face Area cost?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$115$70.79 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$240 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $123 to $977Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $66 to $155
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $240professional $115

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 41
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
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
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.45

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 18th of 51

$145

AK $309KY $97.72

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.