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Removal Of A Deep Soft Tissue Growth, Face Or Scalp

Tennessee 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?

$2,205

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,205 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$692$550 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,047 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,169Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $692

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$2,205

$692 physician + $1,514 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.