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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Louisiana 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?

$3,771

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,771 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$1,259$1,000 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,288 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,950
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,512professional $1,259

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
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $3,771 · 37th 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.