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

Georgia 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?

$3,985

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,985 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$347 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,778 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,079Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $309 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $437

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
$1,445.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,344.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 14th of 50

$3,985

$437 physician + $3,548 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.