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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

North Carolina 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?

$3,191

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,191 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$1,413$1,023 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,175 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $977 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,884
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,778professional $1,413

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
$977.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76
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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $3,191 · 45th 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.