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Wide Removal of Face or Scalp Soft-Tissue Tumor

Alaska rates for HCPCS 21015

Removes a tumor growing in the soft tissue of the face or scalp along with a rim of healthy tissue around and beneath it, so that nothing is left behind at the edges. It is used for cancers such as sarcoma that start in muscle, fat, or connective tissue rather than on the skin surface. This version covers a smaller growth.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wide Removal of Face or Scalp Soft-Tissue Tumor cost?

$3,056

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,056 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$1,738$646 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$661 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $525 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,715
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $1,738

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,290.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,715.35
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.8 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 36th of 50

$3,056

$1,738 physician + $1,318 facility

IN $10,909MD $1,237

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.