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Removal Of A Superficial Neck Or Chest Wall Growth

Rhode Island 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?

$407

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $550.

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 $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $6,457Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $282 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,981professional $398

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
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Hawaii than in Rhode Island. 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.

Rhode Island· 51st of 51

$407

HI $1,549RI $407

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.