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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Missouri 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?

$4,698

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,698 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$1,230$1,023 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,291 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $7,413Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,230

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
$1,096.48
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 27th of 50

$4,698

$1,230 physician + $3,467 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.