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Removal of a Growth from the Face or Scalp (Smaller)

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 21011

Surgical removal of a growth located in the fatty tissue just beneath the skin of the face or scalp. This applies to a smaller growth in that layer, rather than a larger one. The removed tissue is typically sent to a laboratory to check whether it is cancerous or noncancerous.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Growth from the Face or Scalp (Smaller) cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 9 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$468$316 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$331 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,715Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $468

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
$331.13
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,466.84
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. 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.

Massachusetts· 9th of 51

$479

WI $759MD $339

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.