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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,137 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$1,096 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,778 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,754
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $1,318

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,691.53
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,884.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Massachusetts· 30th of 50

$4,137

$1,318 physician + $2,818 facility

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.