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

Mississippi 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 5 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$347$257 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$479 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,884Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $229 to $692
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $794professional $347

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
$234.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$691.83

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 35th of 51

$380

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.