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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 July 2026.

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

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$234$141 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$380 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,549Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $95 to $513
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $234

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
$70.79
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$489.78

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wisconsin 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

$240

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.