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Radical Removal Of Large Face Or Scalp Tumor

Virginia 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?

$3,956

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,956 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,202$1,047 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,230 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,692
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,754professional $1,202

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
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeVirginia $3,956 · 34th of 50
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.