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

Montana 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 6 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$339$263 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$447 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $437 to $724Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $240 to $661
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $513professional $339

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 40th of 51

$355

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.