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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Nevada 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?

$3,209

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$1,072$933 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,318 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,622
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $2,138professional $1,072

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
$1,071.52
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$1,318.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 33rd of 51

$3,209

$1,072 physician + $2,138 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.