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

Florida 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?

$4,728

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,728 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$316 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,138 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $661 to $10,715Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $282 to $871
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $363

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
$645.65
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81

Where Florida 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

Florida· 10th of 50

$4,728

$363 physician + $4,365 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.