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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 October 2026.

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

$1,647

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,647 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$776$661 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$513 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,884Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $776

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
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,258.93
8 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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$194.98

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 45th of 51

$1,647

$776 physician + $871 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.