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

Delaware 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?

$9,251

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,251 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$331 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$7,244 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $9,550Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $302 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,913professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 1st of 50

$9,251

$339 physician + $8,913 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.