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

Michigan 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?

$3,191

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,191 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$437$331 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$646 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $468 to $11,220Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $302 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $437

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
$467.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 20th of 50

$3,191

$437 physician + $2,754 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.