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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 October 2026.

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

$4,386

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,386 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$2,042$1,549 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,549 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $977 to $7,586Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $977 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $2,042

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
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$4,386

$2,042 physician + $2,344 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.