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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Minnesota 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?

$6,866

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,866 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,399$1,778 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,754 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $10,965Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,802
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $2,399

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$20,417.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,585.78
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 8th of 50

$6,866

$2,399 physician + $4,467 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.