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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

Colorado 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?

$6,438

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,438 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$550$537 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,951 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $708 to $12,882Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $550

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
$912.01
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 5th of 50

$6,438

$550 physician + $5,888 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.