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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

Illinois 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?

$3,912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$676$525 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,318 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $851 to $9,772Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,660
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $676

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
$724.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 27th of 50

$3,912

$676 physician + $3,236 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.