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

Maryland 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?

$1,503

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,503 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$339 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$191 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $93 to $8,318Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $302 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $355

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
$93.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 42nd of 50

$1,503

$355 physician + $1,148 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.