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

Minnesota 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?

$2,808

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,808 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$813$575 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$955 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,370Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $813

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
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 23rd of 50

$2,808

$813 physician + $1,995 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.