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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 July 2026.

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

$5,779

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,779 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,514$1,000 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,951 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $912 to $3,388
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,266professional $1,514

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
$1,584.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,884.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Iowa 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 feeIowa $5,779 · 15th 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.