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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Tennessee 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?

$3,619

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,619 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,096 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,445 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $5,248Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $912 to $7,244
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $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
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
2 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
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$3,619

$1,380 physician + $2,239 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.