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

Tennessee 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?

$2,304

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,304 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$398$331 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,122 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $603 to $4,467Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $295 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $398

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
$575.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 29th of 50

$2,304

$398 physician + $1,905 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.