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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

New York 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?

$4,868

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,868 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$851 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,905 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $9,333Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $977

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
$1,659.59
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,548.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,951.21
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
10 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
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$549.54
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$257.04
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25

Where New York 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 York· 9th of 51

$4,868

$977 physician + $3,890 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.