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

Maine 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?

$7,345

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,345 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$427$355 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,677 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $4,677 to $15,136Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $302 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $427

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
$4,677.35
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$15,135.61
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44

Where Maine 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

Maine· 2nd of 50

$7,345

$427 physician + $6,918 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.