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

Alabama 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?

$2,085

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,085 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$302 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$912 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,162Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $282 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $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
$562.34
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 34th of 50

$2,085

$347 physician + $1,738 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.