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Removal Of A Cancerous Lower Jaw Tumor

South Carolina 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?

$4,012

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,012 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$776$437 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$871 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $676 to $17,783Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,175
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $776

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
$1,000.00
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,479.11
11 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
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$4,012

$776 physician + $3,236 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.