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Removal Of A Cancerous Lower Jaw Tumor

North Dakota 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?

$4,478

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,478 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$1,660$1,349 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$871 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,089
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $1,660

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
$870.96
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 29th of 51

$4,478

$1,660 physician + $2,818 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.