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Removal of Soft-Tissue Growth in Neck or Chest

Mississippi 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?

$1,778

Typical facility fee. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $776 to $3,162.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,244
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778

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
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 43rd of 50

$1,778

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.