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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Medium, Face Area

North Carolina 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 7 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$135$81.28 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$112 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,995Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $69 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $182professional $135

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
$72.44
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 31st of 51

$138

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.