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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Delaware 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 October 2026.

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

$2,537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$955 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,047 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,630Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,479
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $1,023

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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

Delaware· 48th of 51

$2,537

$1,023 physician + $1,514 facility

WI $7,760KY $2,277

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.