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

Connecticut 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?

$5,084

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,084 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$513$347 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$3,715 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $8,511Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $513

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
$2,951.21
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 7th of 50

$5,084

$513 physician + $4,571 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.