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Removal Of A Deep Soft Tissue Growth, Face Or Scalp

Alabama rates for HCPCS 21014

A growth located beneath the muscle layer of the face or scalp, deeper than the fatty tissue just under the skin, is surgically removed. This applies to a larger growth within that deeper-tissue group, compared to a smaller growth handled with a related, similar procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Deep Soft Tissue Growth, Face Or Scalp cost?

$3,128

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,128 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$525 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$955 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,570Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $437 to $832
$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,512professional $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Colorado 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

Alabama· 11th of 51

$3,128

$617 physician + $2,512 facility

CO $5,853WV $1,353

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.