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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Medium, Face Area

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 6 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$110$83.18 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$309 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $155 to $3,715Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $71 to $200
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $891professional $110

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
$91.20
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $158 · 17th of 51
WI $245KY $107

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.