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Removal Of A Superficial Neck Or Chest Wall Growth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 21555

This surgery removes a soft-tissue growth from the neck or chest wall area, staying above the muscle layer to excise it. It is used for a smaller growth situated just under the skin, in the fatty tissue layer, rather than one extending more deeply into the muscle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Superficial Neck Or Chest Wall Growth cost?

$1,521

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,521 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$813$389 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$437 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,884Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $288 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $708professional $813

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
$977.24
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in Delaware than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 43rd of 51

$1,521

$813 physician + $708 facility

DE $12,683MD $873

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.