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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth, Neck Or Upper Chest

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 21552

An abnormal growth or mass is surgically removed from tissue just beneath the skin of the neck or the front of the upper chest. This version applies to a growth on the larger end of the size range typically handled with this type of removal.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth, Neck Or Upper Chest cost?

$2,650

Typical total for the visit. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,650 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$912$692 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$891 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $437 to $6,026Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $912

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
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Minnesota· 29th of 51

$2,650

$912 physician + $1,738 facility

CO $6,783MT $1,449

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.