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

New Jersey 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?

$5,858

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,858 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$363$331 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,981 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $10,233Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $363

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
$2,754.23
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,548.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$831.76

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 5th of 50

$5,858

$363 physician + $5,495 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.