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Wide Removal of Face or Scalp Soft-Tissue Tumor

Alabama 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?

$2,814

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,814 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$603 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,230 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $851 to $3,467Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $724

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 38th of 50

$2,814

$724 physician + $2,089 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.