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Shave Removal Of A Skin Growth, Medium, Face Area

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $457 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$126$79.43 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$123 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $74 to $3,388Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $69 to $204
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $457professional $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
$87.10
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
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
$37.15
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.78

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 28th 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.