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

Arizona 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?

$3,072

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,072 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$380$331 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,514 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,623Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $380

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,548.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 21st of 50

$3,072

$380 physician + $2,692 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.