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

Illinois 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?

$2,112

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,112 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$490$347 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$813 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,762Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,096
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $490

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
$346.74
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,230.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 33rd of 50

$2,112

$490 physician + $1,622 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.