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

Alaska rates for HCPCS 21012

Surgical removal of a growth located in the fatty tissue just beneath the skin of the face or scalp. This applies to a larger growth in that layer rather than a smaller one. The tissue removed 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 (Larger) cost?

$1,746

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,746 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$324 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$427 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $316 to $6,310Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $813

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Delaware than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 41st of 50

$1,746

$813 physician + $933 facility

DE $9,251WV $686

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.