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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Iowa 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?

$4,626

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,626 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,585 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,820 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,951
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,995

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
$1,584.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,754.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,691.53
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 11th of 51

$4,626

$1,995 physician + $2,630 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.