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

North Dakota 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?

$970

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $970 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $339 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$331 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$339$331 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $331 to $8,511Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $324 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $339professional $631

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
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 49th of 50

$970

$631 physician + $339 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.