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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor cost?

$6,772

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,772 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$1,148$977 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,042 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,630
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $1,148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

South Carolina· 10th of 50

$6,772

$1,148 physician + $5,623 facility

IN $11,256MD $1,788

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.