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Removal Of A Deep Soft Tissue Growth, Face Or Scalp

Ohio 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?

$1,817

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,817 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$331 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$708 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,888Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $79 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $437

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
$933.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$112.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 37th of 51

$1,817

$437 physician + $1,380 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.