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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Medium, Face Area

Maryland 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?

$105

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $74.13 to $158.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $56 to $617Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $69 to $195
$50$100$200$500facility $115professional $95

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$263.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
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
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.60

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$105

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.