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Removal of Soft-Tissue Growth in Neck or Chest

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 21554

Removes a soft-tissue growth from the neck or the front of the chest wall, meaning a lump in the fat, muscle or connective tissue rather than in an organ. The surgeon makes an incision over the lump, takes it out together with a rim of normal tissue around it, and closes the wound. The tissue removed is sent to a laboratory to be examined under a microscope.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Soft-Tissue Growth in Neck or Chest cost?

$3,311

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,089 to $4,365.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $813 to $5,754
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311

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
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,623.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,630.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Massachusetts· 29th of 50

$3,311

ME $10,233ND $724

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.