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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Medium, Face Area

South Dakota 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$138 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$126 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $100 to $229Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $107 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $151professional $204

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
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$181.97
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$446.68
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$346.74
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
$30.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$191

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.