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Removal Of A Deep Soft Tissue Growth, Face Or Scalp

Minnesota 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?

$2,246

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,246 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$1,072$813 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$724 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $1,072

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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 22nd of 51

$2,246

$1,072 physician + $1,175 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.