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Removal Of A Deep Soft Tissue Growth, Face Or Scalp

Colorado 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?

$5,853

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,853 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$724$603 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$1,549 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $692 to $10,715Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $724

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
$676.08
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$5,853

$724 physician + $5,129 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.