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Removal Of A Cancerous Lower Jaw Tumor

Rhode Island 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?

$4,890

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,890 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$1,000 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,138 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $933 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,549
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $1,175

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
3 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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 22nd of 51

$4,890

$1,175 physician + $3,715 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.