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

Utah 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?

$3,925

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,925 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$355 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,951 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $490 to $6,607Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $537

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
$489.78
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$660.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44

Where Utah 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

Utah· 15th of 50

$3,925

$537 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.