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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Nebraska 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?

$6,597

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,597 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$1,585$1,072 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,631 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,495
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $1,585

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,079.46
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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 12th of 50

$6,597

$1,585 physician + $5,012 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.