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

Massachusetts 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?

$2,701

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,701 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$372 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,288 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,786Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $513

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
$977.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,786.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 25th of 50

$2,701

$513 physician + $2,188 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.