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

New Mexico 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?

$2,545

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,545 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$407$324 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$550 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $437 to $4,786Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,072
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,138professional $407

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
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 26th of 50

$2,545

$407 physician + $2,138 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.