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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Medium, Face Area

New Mexico 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$126$89.13 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$155 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $120 to $794Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $71 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $263professional $126

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
$70.79
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$213.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15
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
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.20

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 25th of 51

$135

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.