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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 October 2026.

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

$2,887

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,887 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$891$417 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,380 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $977 to $10,715Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $891

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
$1,148.15
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
7 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
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$2,887

$891 physician + $1,995 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.