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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Soft Tissue Tumor Removal

Kentucky 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?

$2,804

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,804 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$513$447 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,585 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,129Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $513

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
$537.03
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 40th of 50

$2,804

$513 physician + $2,291 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.