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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

Alaska rates for HCPCS 21556

This procedure surgically removes a soft-tissue tumor located in the neck or upper chest wall from underneath the muscle layer, rather than just beneath the skin. The surgeon removes the growth along with a margin of surrounding tissue. This deeper, sub-muscular approach is more involved than removing a similar growth that sits closer to the skin surface.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal cost?

$2,327

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,327 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$1,230$490 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$589 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,884
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $1,230

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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· 45th of 50

$2,327

$1,230 physician + $1,096 facility

IN $9,657WV $1,050

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.