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

Oregon 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?

$1,293

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,293 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$355 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$631 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,943Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $676professional $617

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
$891.25
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 46th of 50

$1,293

$617 physician + $676 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.