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

Iowa 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?

$3,773

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,773 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$537$355 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,288 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,761Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $537

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
$676.08
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 50

$3,773

$537 physician + $3,236 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.