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Removal Of A Superficial Neck Or Chest Wall Growth

Iowa 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?

$3,603

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,603 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$398 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$759 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,761Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $513

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
$478.63
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 21st of 51

$3,603

$513 physician + $3,090 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.