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Removal Of A Deep Soft Tissue Growth, Face Or Scalp

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$2,596

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,596 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$776$537 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$692 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $513 to $6,457Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,862
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,820professional $776

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
$537.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,995.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNorth Carolina $2,596 · 38th of 50
IN $9,870MD $1,257

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.