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Removal Of A Deep Soft Tissue Growth, Face Or Scalp

Iowa 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?

$2,929

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,929 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$813 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$955 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $1,023

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
$812.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$2,929

$1,023 physician + $1,905 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.