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Removal Of A Deep Soft Tissue Growth, Face Or Scalp

Virginia 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?

$2,021

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,021 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$575$525 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$676 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,026Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $479 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $575

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
$588.84
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,890.45
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
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
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 28th of 51

$2,021

$575 physician + $1,445 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.