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Removal Of A Cancerous Lower Jaw Tumor

Alaska rates for HCPCS 21044

Removes a cancerous growth from the mandible, the lower jawbone, together with the bone it involves. The surgeon takes a margin of surrounding jawbone with the tumor to clear the disease. Tissue removed is sent for examination.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Cancerous Lower Jaw Tumor cost?

$10,228

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,228 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$3,467$2,291 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$4,786 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $16,218Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,266
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $3,467

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,466.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,244.36
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$16,218.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$10,228

$3,467 physician + $6,761 facility

AK $10,228KY $2,649

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.