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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Rhode Island 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?

$3,470

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,470 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,202 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,413 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $1,380

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
1 more rate 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
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 30th of 51

$3,470

$1,380 physician + $2,089 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.