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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,707

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,707 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$1,000 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,148 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $1,047

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
$933.25
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$724.44
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,187.76
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,630.27
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,595.87
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$776.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$15,488.17
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 45th of 51

$2,707

$1,047 physician + $1,660 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.