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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Arizona rates for HCPCS 21016

This is the more extensive removal of a soft-tissue growth from the face or scalp, where the surgeon takes a wider margin of surrounding healthy tissue because the growth is suspected or known to be aggressive. It applies to larger growths, roughly three-quarters of an inch across or more.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor cost?

$4,137

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,137 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$977 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$2,138 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,291
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,090professional $1,047

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
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeArizona $4,137 · 29th of 50
IN $11,256MD $1,788

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.