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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Medium, Face Area

Minnesota 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$138 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$155 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,175Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $102 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $324professional $240

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
$72.44
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$245

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.