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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

New Mexico 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?

$3,830

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,830 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$1,318$1,175 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,514 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,820
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $1,318

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 22nd of 51

$3,830

$1,318 physician + $2,512 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.