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

Missouri 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?

$3,245

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,245 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 7 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 $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,549 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,079Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,585
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $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
$575.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,698.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 18th of 50

$3,245

$427 physician + $2,818 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.