go back

Removal Of A Cancerous Lower Jaw Tumor

New Mexico 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?

$6,020

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,020 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$1,122$955 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,089 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $20,893Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,514
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $1,122

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
$891.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,128.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 16th of 51

$6,020

$1,122 physician + $4,898 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.