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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

Delaware 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?

$5,785

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,785 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$490 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$5,012 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $4,074 to $8,913Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $537

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
$5,011.87
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 13th of 50

$5,785

$537 physician + $5,248 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.