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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

California 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?

$7,696

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,696 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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 14 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$490 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$5,012 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $15,849Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,188
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $617

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
$2,238.72
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,348.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where California 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

California· 3rd of 50

$7,696

$617 physician + $7,079 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.