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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth, Neck Or Upper Chest

South Dakota 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 July 2026.

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

$6,780

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,780 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$490 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,023 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,918Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,820
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $5,888professional $891

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
$4,365.16
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,344.23
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$977.24
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeSouth Dakota $6,780 · 11th of 51
IN $9,199MD $1,392

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.