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

Nebraska 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?

$4,019

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,019 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$631$389 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,862 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $676 to $13,490Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $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
$691.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 13th of 50

$4,019

$631 physician + $3,388 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.