$108.47–$120.87
Both cover shave removal on the trunk, arms, or legs; choose 11301 when the lesion measures 0.6–1.0 cm.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
11300 Shave removal Medicare reimbursement rates in Texas
Reports superficial shave removal of a skin lesion measuring 0.5 cm or less on the trunk, arm, or leg for diagnostic or therapeutic care. Compare 11300 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Texas.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 11300 in Texas?
Texas has 8 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 8 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$89.65–$100.68
8 of 8 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Where 11300 pays more and less in Texas
8 payment localities
$89.65 to $100.68
Dermatology procedure
About 11300: Small trunk or extremity shave removal
Reports superficial shave removal of a skin lesion measuring 0.5 cm or less on the trunk, arm, or leg for diagnostic or therapeutic care.
A clinician removes a small, raised or superficial skin lesion by shaving through the epidermis and into the dermis, rather than excising the lesion through its full thickness. Dermatologists, primary care clinicians, and other qualified practitioners commonly perform this service in an office; it may also be performed in a facility. The specimen may be submitted for histopathologic examination when indicated.
Select this code for a lesion on the trunk, arm, or leg that measures 0.5 cm or less. Document the lesion’s location, size, clinical reason for removal, and shave technique; report each lesion separately rather than combining measurements. The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeon and team-surgery payment are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 11300
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery is paid only with documentation of medical necessity.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.59 · 20%
- Practice expense (office) RVU2.24 · 78%
- Malpractice RVU0.06 · 2%
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Medicare services in 2024 · #566 by national volume
This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
11300 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Texas, from the same CMS release.
$94.49–$105.21
The size range is the same, but 11305 applies to specified sites including the scalp, neck, hands, feet, and genitalia.
$88.89–$99.53
Use 11102 for a tangential biopsy that samples a lesion for diagnosis; use 11300 when the service shaves off the small lesion itself.
$119.13–$133.07
11400 describes full-thickness excision of a small benign lesion on the trunk or extremities, rather than superficial shave removal.
Compare 11300 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
8 of 8 payment localities
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | Office $100.68 | Facility $27.88 |
| Beaumont | Office $89.65 | Facility $27.04 |
| Brazoria | Office $95.57 | Facility $27.39 |
| Dallas | Office $96.12 | Facility $27.59 |
| Fort Worth | Office $95.40 | Facility $27.56 |
| Galveston | Office $95.82 | Facility $27.49 |
| Houston | Office $96.92 | Facility $28.59 |
| Rest Of Texas | Office $92.52 | Facility $27.22 |
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11300 billing questions
Which body sites qualify for this code?
Use it for a lesion on the trunk, arm, or leg measuring 0.5 cm or less. Site-specific shave codes apply to other body regions.
How is the lesion size selected?
Use the lesion’s measured size before removal, not the size of the specimen after shaving. This code is for lesions measuring 0.5 cm or less.
Can this code be used for a diagnostic biopsy?
Use this code when the clinician shaves off the lesion itself. A tangential biopsy code such as 11102 is generally considered when the service obtains a diagnostic sample rather than removing the lesion.
Is same-day care included in the procedure?
Yes. The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care.
How are multiple procedures paid in one session?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures in the same session are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction.
What should the record show?
Document the exact body site, lesion size, clinical indication, and shave technique. When multiple lesions are treated, identify each lesion separately.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
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