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Removal Of A Benign Growth From The Lower Jawbone

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 21047

Removes a non-cancerous tumor or cyst from the lower jaw, cutting the jawbone and taking away a section of it along with the lesion. That extent is needed when the growth has eaten into the bone or would simply return if it were only scooped out. Restoring the shape of the jaw, where that is needed, is done as further surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Benign Growth From The Lower Jawbone cost?

$3,749

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,749 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$1,660$1,288 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,413 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $1,660

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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 Carolina· 43rd of 50

$3,749

$1,660 physician + $2,089 facility

IN $15,657WV $2,489

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.