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

Mississippi 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?

$1,230

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$339$302 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$525 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,311Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $295 to $741
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $339

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
$302.00
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$812.83

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 47th of 50

$1,230

$339 physician + $891 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.