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

Montana 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?

$1,067

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,067 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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$479$324 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$575 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $457 to $4,571Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,380
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $589professional $479

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$1,067

$479 physician + $589 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.