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Removal Of A Cancerous Lower Jaw Tumor

Delaware 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?

$3,268

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,268 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$776 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,445 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,754Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,202
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $813

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
$870.96
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$616.60

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 48th of 51

$3,268

$813 physician + $2,455 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.